1997, Thailand experienced a serious economic crisis, but trade and investment, the Government's open-door policy basically remains unchanged. In trade policy, the abolition of a number of import and export commodities of the permit, to simplify and speed up customs clearance procedures for imports of many industrial products accepted international standards and testing procedures. Thailand's trade policies, however there are still many uncertain factors, such as import and export commodities of the customs duties and domestic taxes regularly to the Royal Decree approved by the Cabinet or ministerial decrees and circulars of the form of temporary changes in the beginning of 1999, the number of applicable tax rates in Thailand actually higher than the country's WTO tariff commitments.
According to the Thai policy of open trade, the majority of products imported into Thailand are free. A number of import restrictions on goods mainly for the protection of infant industries. In recent years, with economic development, Thailand to further reduce the number of limit on the number of commodities, but also the phasing out of some of the import licensing of goods, such as motorcycles, high-speed diesel engines, gasoline and other motor fuel, diesel, petroleum, liquefied natural gas Any forms of vinyl chloride monomer, and sent to or from
Yugoslavia, all the goods. However, non-automatic import licensing to continue to silk goods, buses, motor vehicles, building stones, as well as 23 kinds of agricultural products and agri-food industry to protect. Government's main import control measures are as follows:
1, the tariff quota
Thailand under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture is currently only 23 kinds of agricultural products subject to tariff quota management, namely, Woodcrest Hill, copra, milk and butter, potatoes, onions, garlic, coconut, coffee, tea, dry pepper, corn, rice, soybeans, onion seeds, bean oil, soybean, sugar cane, coconut oil, palm oil, instant coffee, tobacco soil, the original wire. In addition, animal feed corn imports outside the quota MFN levy surcharge. But does not apply tariff quotas for imports from the ASEAN member countries.
2, the import prohibition and import licensing
Import and Export Act (1979) provided the legal basis for the prohibition of imports. Under the Investment Promotion Act, if the Investment Committee (BOI) other forms of protection that is not sufficient to support a particular industry, the Ministry of Commerce is empowered to seek a ban on the production of the industrial goods imports. However, according to government data, BOI has not yet exercised this authority. In addition, the legislation also provides for different commodities may be some health and safety reasons, the prohibition of imports from abroad. Under the Import and Export Act, the Ministry of Commerce received the approval of the Cabinet may be a result of economic stability, the public interest, public health, national security, peace,
Morals, or the interests of other countries to restrict imports. Imports may be "complete" or "conditional" be prohibited. In the latter case, if special requirements are met, you can import.
Thailand's import and export law import permit must be obtained the consent of the Ministry of Commerce外贸厅to get to Hong Kong after the goods. Of import licensing controls the conditions of product varieties and the application of a change notice by the government to inform, and quarterly bulletin of the Bank of Thailand announced that imports of the relevant provisions of the management changes, if any, through the Government of a notice or publication of newspapers and national broadcasting.