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Thailand's Public Health Ministry is urging the business sector to strictly control the sale of alcohol during the Songkran holidays.

As part of a scheme to increase fruit exports to China, Thailand is planning a promotional roadshow ahead of the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou later this year.

BERLIN — Germany's multi-year reign as the world's No. 1 exporter is officially over, with the crown formally passing to rising Asian power China after new figures showed that German exports slid by nearly a fifth in 2009, the biggest decline in 60 years.

China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has officially opened its Ningxia Distribution Centre in Hat Yai, the commercial district of Thailand’s southern province of Songkhla, as a venue for more accessible sales distribution to wider markets by presenting the region’s trade goods--including halal food products--and other commodities for exchange between the two countries.

Australia, Brazil and Thailand expressed concern Monday about an EU proposal to release an extra half a million tonnes of sugar for export, saying that such a move would violate trade rules.