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Intellectual property rights

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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

Business Links: Regional Resources and opportunities