The government is committed to developing and promoting geographical indication (GI) products in every province this year to generate income for communities. In a move to promote GI products nationwide, the cabinet on Feb 18 last year ordered the Interior Ministry to support and promote each province developing GI products to generate income for communities and add value to local products. The state aims to raise sales from GI products to more than 30 billion baht by 2024 while linking GI to tourism. GI product sales topped 5.2 billion baht last year, up from 4 billion baht in 2018 and 3.7 billion baht in 2017. In Japan, Thailand has filed for GI registration of Doi Tung and Doi Chaang coffee and Uttaradit's Huay Mon pineapple.

Source: Bangkok Post February 10, 2020 23:26 UTC