About INDEE
INDEE Thailand is scheduled to be held from February 1-4, 2018, at Bangkok International Trade Exhibition Centre (BITEC), Bangna, Bangkok. This is the 38th edition of EEPC India’s trademark multi product overseas exhibition INDEE (Indian Engineering Exhibition). INDEE Thailand 2018 makes it the third time that EEPC India has taken the exposition to Thailand. This is a special INDEE which would be co-located with TIF (Thailand Industrial Fair). India is the Partner Country at this event.
India’s excellent relations with Thailand are an important and integral component of India’s strategic partnership with ASEAN. India’s ‘Act East’ policy is complemented by Thailand’s ‘Look West’ policy in bringing the two nations closer. Sustained high level bilateral exchanges and regular meetings of bilateral institutional mechanisms have provided a major fillip to India-Thailand relations and achieved progress in key areas of cooperation such as security, defence, commerce, science & technology and education.
Engineering items including machinery, vehicles, iron steel and electrical machinery comprise the top 10 tradable items between India and Thailand. Engineering exports alone amounting $970.86 million constitute 30.98 percent of total Indian exports to Thailand during 2016-17. India also exports Non Ferrous Metals like Tin and Products, Ship and Boats, Defence items, Railway locomotives, Nickel and products, Lead and products to Thailand while Thailand’s major engineering exports to India consists of Iron and Steel, Lead and products, Zinc and products, Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, etc.
In the ASEAN region, Thailand ranks as India’s 4th largest trading partner after Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. The growing ties between the two countries have come at a time when the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is expected to bring greater integration among member countries be it in the form of physical connectivity, economic links, cultural and educational ties.