| 1. | Local Business Briefs / New BOT provision boosts packing credit, NATION
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| 2. | The first financing method is through packing credit, a form of export subsidy.
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| 3. | The Bank of Thailand has allocated about Bt45 billion in packing credit to boost exports.
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| 4. | Exim Bank will use the packing credits to co-finance the packing credits with commercial banks.
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| 5. | Exim Bank will use the packing credits to co-finance the packing credits with commercial banks.
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| 6. | BOT takes lead for extra boost to packing credit
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| 7. | Also available is the Direct Packing Credit at an interest rate of 13 per cent.
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| 8. | Second is baht-denominated packing credit, worth Bt8.33 billion, which carries a 13 per cent interest rate.
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| 9. | The government should also review the packing credit system to facilitate both existing customers and newcomers.
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| 10. | At present, newcomers cannot apply for packing credit, while old customers cannot increase their packing credit limit.
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