4 June 2015
It also gave the green light to an action plan, to be implemented under
these strategies, proposed by the Ministry of Industry. The Bureau of the Budget
was told to provide budget allocations for relevant agencies that would
implement the action plan.
The vision for these strategies is that Thai halal products and services
will be developed to higher standards in the world market and certified by halal
science on the basis of Islamic principles.
The objectives are to develop Thailand as a major halal production and
export base in the ASEAN region and the world and to make Thai halal products
better known and gain greater recognition.
In order to achieve this aim, four strategies have been worked out to
expand the halal service sector. The first strategy seeks to develop halal
standards and certification. In the second strategy, production of Thai halal
goods and services will be enhanced. The third strategy seeks to develop the
Thai halal business linking with the international market. In the fourth
strategy, halal science research and development will receive a boost in order
to strengthen the country’s halal industry.
Many agencies are involved in the five-year action plan for developing and
enhancing the potential of Thailand’s halal business. They include the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, the Ministry of
Agriculture and Cooperatives, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of
Interior, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Education, the
Ministry of Public Health, the Ministry of Industry, and the Southern Border
Provinces Administrative Center, as well as religious and private organizations.
Thailand has great potential for producing and exporting more halal food to
the world market, especially ASEAN countries. As the ASEAN Community will be in
place in late 2015, the regional market for halal products and services is
likely to expand significantly. This huge market is waiting to be tapped by the
Muslim Thai community, since around 46 percent of 650 million people in the 10
ASEAN countries are Muslim.
Thailand now ranks fifth among the world’s largest halal producers. The
Government has provided support for the halal industry in an effort to upgrade
the standards of Thai halal products.
The Halal Science Center at Chulalongkorn University is Thailand’s first
halal science agency, and it plays an important role in developing the standards
of Thai halal food and providing analytical services and research for the
detection of contamination detrimental to halal food manufacturing.
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