The Regional Project End Workshop on

Facilitating Trade for Agricultural Goods in ASEAN

26 November 2019, Siem Reap, Cambodia

THAILAND’S ACHIEVEMENTS AND REFLECTIONS:

EXPERIENCES & LESSONS LEARNED, WAY FORWARD AND RECOMMENDATIONS

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EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNED

National and regional

platforms as a starting point

for dialogue among relevant

agencies/stakeholders at

national and among countries

Foster exchange of information

and enhance better/common

understanding, transparency, and peer-to-peer learnings

Strengthen cooperation

and networking among

agencies/stakeholders at

national and among countries

Allow relevant

agencies/stakeholders

and countries to identify challenges and gaps

Recommended

activities are develop to

overcome challenges/gaps

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NATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH STAKEHOLDERS FROM RELEVANT AGENCIES

National Workshop was attended by government departments from National Bureau of

Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards, Department of Agriculture, Customs,

Food and Drug Administration, Department of Foreign Trade, and shipping association.

Representative from private sector raised their views and issues to

government during the panel discussion at the seminar workshop. The

event was attended by different government departments under the

Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives and representatives from private

sector.

EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNED

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BRIDGING THE GAP/CAPACITY BUILDING : CAMBODIA THAILAND AND VIETNAM

Regional Training Workshop on Pest Risk Analysis and Quarantine Pest

20-24 August 2018, Bangkok, Thailand

EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNED

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BRIDGING THE GAP/CAPACITY BUILDING

Regional Training Workshop on Phytosanitary Inspection

25-30 March 2019, Bangkok-Chathaburi & Ho Chi Minh-Binh Phuoc

EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNED

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National Consultation Workshop on SOP for PQ officer

DEVELOPING PHYTOSANITARY STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOP)

National SOP Workshop on Plant Phytosanitary for DOA

working group to leans on SOP principle and SOP template,

training by International SOP expert

EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNED

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SHARING EXPERIENCES ON SOP DEVELOPMENT WITH VIETNAM TRAINING ON PEST RISK ANALYSIS TO CAMBODIA

EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNED

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Developed standard operating procedures (sop) for import & export

Serve as a tool for plant quarantine officers for effective, consistent and transparent work operations at the plant quarantine check point

Shared experience on SOP development process with other countries

Trade flow on agricultural goods in ASEAN improved concerning phytosanitary measures

Faster phytosanitary Inspection3

SOP is

a tool for PQ

inspector at

boarder working

effectively and

align with

international

standard

Outcome

Output

HIGHLIGHT ACHIEVEMENT: THAILAND

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REMAINING ISSUES AND CHALLENGES: THAILAND

▪ Plant quarantine inspectors have different level of experience in

performing phytosanitary inspection

▪ More cooperation and communication between relevant

stakeholders in Thailand: Customs, Food and Drug Administration,

Department of Foreign Trade, and Department of Agriculture

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WAY FORWARD AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Thailand

• Need to improve transparency & build trust on capacity ‘s staff and government supervision

• Dept. of Agriculture will officially launch SOPs and will continue to improve and maintain SOPs

• Increase capacity building for new PQ officers

• Improve cooperation between relevant stakeholders in Thailand:

• Refine NSW system (between Customs and relevant stakeholders e.g. DOA, FDA)

• Share/disseminate useful info among stakeholders concerning trade

• More Coordinate on relevant trade issues with partner countries

• Thailand shared and exchange experiences and lessons learned in developing SOP to other AMS

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THANK YOU!