Business Links(Thailand)

Business Links(Thailand)  

Thailand Outlook

The Official Gateway and Guide to Thailand for informed Investors.

Foreign Business


Setting up a company, types of companies, restrictions, allowances, incentives etc.


Logistics

Immigration, Work permits, visas, etc.


Banking and Finance

Exchange regulations, foreign bank accounts, remitting funds, SET and SEC.


Intellectual property rights

Patents and Trademarks


Listings

Social Issues

Labor

Industrial Licensing and Regulations

Tax and Tariffs

Personal and corporate taxes, customs duties, VAT, etc.

Export and Import Regulations

Regional Resources and opportunities

Business Links: Business

Name Web Site Additional Information Ministry of Commerce http://www.moc.go.th/moc_eng.htm Introduction to the Ministry of Commerce Thailand Board of Investment http://www.boi.go.th Investment and trade incentives Department of Export promotion http://www.thaitrade.com Thailand Business Registration (Ministry of Commerce) http://www.deb.moc.go.th/document/regis1.html Types of business organisations Alien Business Law Thailand Industrial Estates Authority Business http://www.ieat.go.th Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) incentives Economic Department, Ministry of Commerce http://www.dbe.moc.go.th/ Export-Import Bank http://www.exim.go.th

Business Links: Logistics

Name Web Site Additional Information Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare http://www.molsw.go.th Immigration Office, Police Department Department of Consular Affairs, http://www.police.go.th/trenglish.htm Immigration, visas, work permits Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Business Links: Banking and Finance

Name Web Site Additional Information Bank of Thailand http://www.bot.or.th NOTE: This site can be difficult to navigate. A useful site map can be found at : http://www.bot.or.th/govnr/public/BOT_homepage /EnglishVersion/sitemap_e.htm History and Responsibilities of the BOTImport and Repatriation of Funds Ministry of Finance http://www.mof.go.th/index_e.html History and Responsibilities of the MOF Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) http://www.set.or.th/en/index.html Introduction to the SET Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) http://www.sec.or.th Thai Bankers’ Association http://www.tba.or.th Financial Sector Restructuring Authority http://www.fra.or.th Association of Finance Companies http://www.asco.or.th Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of Finance http://www.fpo.mof.go.th

Business Links: Intellectual property rights

Name Web Site Additional Information Department of Intellectual Property http://www.ipthailand.org Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks Chulalongkorn University Intellectual Property Institute http://www.ip-institute.org Industrial Property Information Centre http://www.ipic.moc.go.td Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment http://www.moste.go.th/ National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment http://www.nectec.or.th

Business Links: Social Issues

Name Web Site Additional Information Ministry of Public Health http://www.moph.go.th Department of Medical Sciences http://www.dmsc.moph.go.th/con_mid.htm Ministry of Education http://www.moe.go.th/moe.html Office of the National Education Commission http://www.onec.go.th/english_ver/english_ver.htm Ministry of University Affairs http://www.mua.go.th National Economic and Social Development Board http://www.nesdb.go.th Social Sector program Loan Social Development Project http://www.thaisip.org Department of Public Welfare http://www.infonews.co.th/DPW/ Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health http://www.anamai.moph.go.th/ Department of Medical Services, Ministry of Public Health http://www.dms.moph.go.th/ Department of Mental Health, Ministry of Public Health http://www.moph.go.th/mdh/ Health Systems Research Institute http://www.moph.go.th/nursec/ National Statistical Office http://www.nso.go.th

Business Links: Labor

Name Web Site Additional Information Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare http://www.molsw.go.th Labour law and related issues Department of Employment http://www.doe.go.th Department of Skills http://www.dsd.go.th Development Department of Labour Protection and Welfare (DLPW) www.dlpw.go.th Introduction to the DLPW National Statistical Office www.nso.go.th National Institute for the Improvement of Working Conditions and Environment http://www.inet.co.th/org/nice/

Business Links: Industrial Licensing and Regulation

Name Web Site Additional Information Ministry of Industry www.moi.go.th Introduction to the MOI Department of Industrial Works Pollution http://www.diw.go.th Industrial licensing and regulations Control Department http://www.pcd.go.th Industrial Estates Authority of Thailand http://www.ieat.go.th Department of Industrial Promotion http://www.dip.go.th Introduction to the DIP Board of Trade of Thailand, Thai Chamber of Commerce http://www.tcc.or.th Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) http://www.tisi.go.th Federation of Thai Industries http://www.fti.or.th Office of Industrial Economics http://oie.go.th/ Bureau of Industrial Enterprises Development, Department of Industrial Work, Ministry of Industry http://www.dip.go.th

Business Links: Tax and Tariffs

Name Web Site Additional Information Ministry of Commerce http://www.moc.go.th Customs Department http://www.customs.go.th/index_e.html General comments on customs duties Revenue Department http://www.rd.go.th Summary of taxation issues Ministry of Finance http://www.mof.go.th/index_e.html Excise Department, Ministry of Finance http://www.exd.mof.go.th

Business Links: Export and Import Regulations

Name Web Site Additional Information Export-Import Bank http://www.exim.go.th Business Economic Department, Ministry of Commerce http://www.dbe.moc.go.th/ Department of Export Promotion, Ministry of Commerce http://www.dep.moc.go.th Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce http://www.dft.moc.go.th/normal.htm

Business Links: Regional Resources and opportunities

Name Web Site Additional Information Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives http://www.moac.go.th Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives http://www.doa.go.th Department of Agricultural Extension, Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives http://www.doae.go.th Department of Land Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives http://www.ldd.go.th Department of Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce http://www.dit.go.th Department of Mineral Resources, Ministry of Industry http://www.dmr.go.th/ Board of Investment http://boi.go.th Thai Frozen Foods Association http://thai-frozen.or.th Thai Hotel Association http://www.thaihotel.org Electrical & Electronics Institute, Ministry of Industry http://www.thaieei.com

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