Canada Importers is a Canadian firm based out of Mississauga Ontario. It was founded in $1979$ and imports many different types of products. The company is looking to expand and has found that there is an opportunity within the fruit market in Canada. The management team has researched the best countries to import fruit from and found that Thailand is a potential candidate. Your group represents a $4$PL companies that has been hired by Canada Importers to perform an analysis on importing fruit from Thailand into Canada. Your group will be required to research Thailand and prepare a report that addresses the questions below in full. Based on the report, Canada Importers will decide whether Thailand is the optimal location to import their products from

Research the availability of transportation modes, efficiency of the transportation systems, demographics, and government initiatives in Thailand. Based on the research, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of importing from Thailand. Be sure to address the disadvantages with potential solutions.

Describe the current state of the trade relations between Canada and Thailand.

What economies of scale might be achieved by the transportation firms hired by the $4$PL to service Canada Imports with the increased volumes? Could there be any related diseconomies of scale due to the increased volumes?

Describe any external factors that may affect the supply chain for importation of fruit from Thailand to Canada?

Describe any infrastructure initiatives the Canadian government has or will be implementing that will help facilitate trade with Thailand.