The Customs Department intends to extend Pre-Arrival Processing (PAP) service, which transmits customs declarations and import documents to customs authorities electronically before the goods arrive in the destination country for cross-border land transport. The PAP streamlines customs processes, facilitates trade and will help raise the country’s ranking in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business […]
Read MoreThailand’s Ministry of Commerce last week announced a ban on field corn imports coming through Ban Khao Din, in the border with Cambodia. The ban comes into effect on Saturday. The move was announced after a ministry meeting last week, according to Thai media reports. Ban Khao Din is an international border gate in Thailand’s […]
Read MoreThe minimum wage was introduced to Thailand in the mid 1970’s as a way to protect against basic labour being taken advantage of and provide a guaranteed minimum wage for all workers. However, it was never applied to “all workers”. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) said that this was the “minimum sum payable to a […]
Read More[BANGKOK] Thailand’s manufacturing production index (MPI) in July dropped 3.23 per cent from a year earlier, dragged down by lower production of cars, petroleum and steel, the industry ministry said on Tuesday. That compares with a forecast of 3.05 per cent decline in a Reuters poll, and June’s revised 5.3 per cent contraction. Capacity utilisation […]
Read MoreThe Tourism Department is planning to set minimum prices for outbound tour packages to deal with the growing price war that could eventually lower service quality. Taweesak Wanichcharoen, director-general of the department, said minimum prices for outbound services is allowed under the Tourism Business and Guide Act 2008, but it has not been enforced seriously. […]
Read MoreThe Board of Investment (BoI) looks set to propose to the economic cabinet at its meeting on Friday a relocation package for foreign investors wishing to shift from China to Thailand. The package will focus largely on headquarters, research centres, talent and high technology industry, said Kobsak Pootrakool, deputy secretary-general to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha […]
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