Fashion and textiles

Thailand has a comprehensive textile and fashion industry, with its products – especially its rich range of Thai silk – renowned within Asia for the quality of production and design. Thai leatherware is the ASEAN leader in terms of design and quality, with noted fashion icons Italy helping the country to develop its leather manufacturing. The extraordinary talents of the country’s many young designers have helped create Bangkok’s high-flying fashion image with their best works showcased annually in the Bangkok International Fashion Fair and Bangkok International Leather Fair attended by many of the world’s top buyers.

Regional center and market leader

Over the past twenty years, Thailand has evolved into the acknowledged regional centre for trade in gems and jewellery by combining its renowned skill in production and design with cutting-edge technology and internationally recognized testing facilities. The market pre-eminence is reflected in the Bangkok Gems and Jewellery Fair, an industry showcase ranked fifth in the world that is now organized twice a year to meet the demand of and international buyers and trade and to help Thailand achieve its goal of becoming Asia’s gems and jewellery hub.

Rubies, Sapphires, Emeralds and Diamonds

Thailand is one of the world’s largest centres for coloured stones, particularly rubies, sapphires, emeralds and diamonds, with innovative techniques for enhancing their quality and appearance plus craftsmen skilled in polishing, cutting and setting the stones into jewellery. A well-trained workforce provides extraordinary skills at very competitive labour rates, enabling Thailand to serve many different markets with a variety of products Imaginative designs flow effortlessly from the drawing boards of Thailand’s jewellery craftsmen. These combined with style of setting and combinations of gems result in breathtaking creations that are in high demand internationally.

Silver and Gold

Gold and silver are important element in the country’s growing exports of high quality gems. A long tradition of Thai artisans working with high purity silver and gold and intricate designs are now generating international interest in the country’s silver and gold creations.