Original Title: Affected by the new crown epidemic, 20,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in Thailand closed in the first quarter of 2021. Source: CCTV News
The head of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Promotion Office under the Prime Minister’s Office of Thailand revealed on the 7th that due to the third wave of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the income of Thai small and medium-sized enterprises has continued to decrease, and the debt continues to increase. The recovery is very difficult. The most affected, leading to the closure of about 20,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in the first quarter of this year. The number of employees applying for social security compensation for small and medium-sized enterprises has increased by 2 to 3 times compared with the same period last year. However, in general, the first and second waves caused the epidemic The impact is greater.
At the same time, Thailand has newly opened 23,000 small and medium-sized enterprises, many of which are unemployed re-enterprise enterprises, and some enterprises have transformed into e-commerce. In addition, with the improvement of the epidemic situation in some countries, the demand in the international market has picked up, and the export business of small and medium-sized enterprises has rebounded significantly.
In order to help SMEs recover, the Thai SME Promotion Office will continue to introduce supportive policies, such as the “one person and half” consumption plan (the government and consumers will each pay half), and strive to reduce the SMEs included in the government procurement list from the current 30,000 Increased to 100,000. (Headquarters reporter Li Min)
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