Thailand has recently signed the deal to export 5,000 tons of bananas to Japan after a labour shortage during the previous government hampered the order.

Chantapun Bunjamanon, director of the International Trade Promotion Department in Tokyo, said the office had previously worked with the Nakhon Ratchasima provincial trade office to bring Japanese banana experts to the area and show them how to grow bananas to meet the Standards and quality of Japan. 

Thailand is the last place in the world where the Gros-Michel banana is grown. Once the Japanese banana importers had tasted the banana, they were ready to sign the contract.

In addition to the province of Nakhon Ratchasima, the International Trade Promotion Department in Tokyo has also looked into other provinces, such as Chiang Mai and Phatthalung. 

On November 28, the Department of International Trade Promotion under the Ministry of Commerce signed a contract with P&F Techno Co., Ltd., a Japanese banana importer, in Nakhon Ratchasima province to purchase 5,000 tons of bananas worth 100 million.