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Urgent need arises to find new markets. BusinessThailand's air cargo volume plunged by nearly half in January following the annualised fall of 23 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year as the deepening global financial crisis continued to sting exports. According to the Thai Airfreight Forwarders Association (Tafa), total outbound cargo totalled 107,249 tonnes in the last three months of last year, compared with 140,074 tonnes in the same period of 2007.
 

Urgent need arises to find new markets. BusinessThailand's air cargo volume plunged by nearly half in January following the annualised fall of 23 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year as the deepening global financial crisis continued to sting exports. According to the Thai Airfreight Forwarders Association (Tafa), total outbound cargo totalled 107,249 tonnes in the last three months of last year, compared with 140,074 tonnes in the same period of 2007.
 

Urgent need arises to find new markets. BusinessThailand's air cargo volume plunged by nearly half in January following the annualised fall of 23 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year as the deepening global financial crisis continued to sting exports. According to the Thai Airfreight Forwarders Association (Tafa), total outbound cargo totalled 107,249 tonnes in the last three months of last year, compared with 140,074 tonnes in the same period of 2007.
 

Urgent need arises to find new markets. BusinessThailand's air cargo volume plunged by nearly half in January following the annualised fall of 23 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year as the deepening global financial crisis continued to sting exports. According to the Thai Airfreight Forwarders Association (Tafa), total outbound cargo totalled 107,249 tonnes in the last three months of last year, compared with 140,074 tonnes in the same period of 2007.
 

The government should relax regulations governing the registration of ethnic workers from Burma, particularly the nationality verification process, say rights activists. The call comes as work permits for Burmese migrant workers expire at the end of the month. An agreement signed in June 2003 to allow Burmese to work in Thailand required all ethnic minority migrants to verify their nationality before obtaining a work permit.