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Summary of 5-star OTOP items
Total 569 items
- Food 263 items
- Beverage 29 items
- Clothes and garments 122 items
- Ware and decorations 85 items
- Handicrafts and souvenirs 33 items
- Herb supplements37 items
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History of ONE TAMBON ONE PRODUCT (OTOP)









History
One Tambon One Product (OTOP) Project is one of the government's urgent policies encouraging Thai communities to make use of Thai wisdom. The government helps impart modern knowledge and manage to introduce the products to the domestic and international markets through chain stores and outlets.

The government aims to strengthen local communities to be self-dependent and create jobs and income to the community members. The local wisdom and resources, therefore, have been employed to develop quality products and service with their own advantages and value added. While maintaining Thai culture and way of life, the products also meet the needs of the domestic and international markets.
Objective

According to the importance and objectives mentioned above and to the Office of the Prime Minister regulations on the One Tambon One Product National Board B.E. 2544, there are 5 objectives of OTOP.

1. To create jobs and income to the communities
2. To strength the communities to be self-dependent
3. Promote Thai wisdom
4. To promote human resources development
5. To promote the communities' creativity in developing products which are in harmony with local culture and way of life.
  2004 OTOP Product Champion (OPC)

Organized in 2004, OTOP Product Champion (OPC) is part of the government's OTOP promotion. It is a continuing phase after OTOP manufacture communities and SMEs have been registered and the SMART OTOP training was organized for 26,600 OTOP community members to enhance their skills and knowledge and the product standard.

More than 27,000 participants of community manufacturers and SMEs joined the 2004 OPC in the district level. The contest was done in the province, cluster, and country levels. The result was that 573 products were chosen as 5-star products (OPC 5 star).
OPC 5 STAR
The 2004 OPC has selected 573 products as OPC 5 star. They can be divided into the 6 following categories.
  Food 262 items
  Beverage 32 items
  Textile and garments 119 items
  Household and decorations 85 items
  Handicrafts and souvenirs 35 items
  Herbal products (non-food) 40 items
In order to create a marketing opportunity and increase distribution channels for the OPC 5-star products, the information on products and manufacturers, sorted by product type and region, is disseminated to interested people and exporters.