Thailand's trade protection measures, there are anti-(anti-dumping), anti-subsidy (countervailing) and safeguard measures (safeguards), and trade protection and control measures related to domestic taxes, import additional taxes, such as technical trade barriers .
1, protective measures
WTO Secretariat, in accordance with the relevant information, the end of 1999, Thailand has not yet adopted security measures have not been about the opening of the investigation.
2, anti-dumping and countervailing
1〕 specific circumstances
In 1999, Thailand's four WTO member countries on imports of goods, as well as three non-member countries of goods imported two anti-dumping duties levied. Rate based on the value of imports from the 14-46% range. Mainly from India, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Indonesia and South Korea imported hydrogen peroxide, hot-rolled steel plate, such as float glass.
At present, the Thai government has yet to import any product countervailing duties have been levied.
2〕 anti-dumping and countervailing regulations
July 1999 a new "anti-dumping and Countervailing Act," introduced in place of the 1996 circular of the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce外贸厅But many of the terms of the specific explanation has not yet introduced. The Government considers that the law and the WTO on the implementation of the agreement GATT1994第六款exactly the same spirit, but until now, the Government can not provide the English version of the Act.
In addition, in Thailand on the anti-dumping procedures, the Commerce Department is responsible for外贸厅both anti-dumping investigations and the extent of the damage responsible for the investigation and assessment, so that is very difficult to guarantee the fairness of the assessment.
3, the import tax and special tax
In the 1997 financial crisis, the Government in order to increase revenue, reduce imports and thus increase foreign exchange reserves, of all import tariffs of 5% or more of imports of goods of 10 percent import surcharge. However, this measure was abolished in 1999.
In addition, in accordance with the Thai Investment Promotion Act, the Investment Committee (BOI) have the right to encourage investment in order to protect the industry from the possibility of dumping or inappropriate tariff structures (for example, tariffs on raw materials, raw materials are higher than the tariffs on manufactured goods produced ), will have the right to levy import tax. The tax can not exceed the price of imported goods 50%, generally do not charge more than a year, but may be extended. According to the information of the Thai government, which taxes only a very small number of tariffs levied commodity prices have been unreasonable, once the tariff structure has been re-adjusted, that is to be canceled.
4, the Internal Revenue
In addition to customs duties, the Thai government also imported goods according to their CIF import prices, the collection of three kinds of indirect taxes, namely, the consumption tax (excise), government tax (municipality), as well as value-added tax. On imports of the three taxation of goods and domestic goods, import duty and the same conditions.

Technical requirements
1) Thai Industrial Standards bodies (TISI) the provisions of the Product Standards
Thai Industrial Standards bodies to participate actively in WTO trade barriers on the technical work of the Commission, since 1997, mainly in Thailand in accordance with industry standards to set international standards in order to achieve with our major trading partners in the industry of mutual recognition of standards. The Government also provides that, in government procurement projects, if the company achieved the industry standard in Thailand, you can enjoy the preferential price of 5%.
The Government also revised the local and imported products for unified certification standard assessment procedures. The new system includes the mandatory standards and voluntary standards, has been ISO9000 certified and products from the plant in Thailand with other countries on mutual recognition agreement signed by a recognized testing agencies of foreign factories can no longer carry out product certification system requirements of product quality inspection of export products of these factories do not have to carry out random checks. In other cases, however, it would take the quality of the product testing and sampling seized
Investigation, the costs borne by the importer. Mandatory standard of the domestic product produced or imported from the Thai Industrial Standards bodies obtained.
Further understand the situation and requirements, please visit the Thai Industrial Standards agency website www.tisi.go.th.
2) the provisions of Thailand's Food & Drug Product Standards Committee
Thailand Ministry of Health under the Food and Drug Commission (TFDA) responsible for monitoring and provisions of food and tobacco products, cosmetics, drugs and narcotic drugs, animal feed, fertilizer, dangerous goods, live animals, plants, seeds, medical equipment, treatment of mental illness and volatile goods production, sale and import. According to a number of other countries reflect the traders, the Thai Food and Drug longer time-consuming procedures for import, the complexity of the procedure, costs are high.

Import licensing
TFDA imported products must apply the provisions of the import permit, the production of these products also need to apply for production licenses. Permit is usually valid for three years. Imports of medicines and food license to be 15,000 baht (at current exchange rate, about 3,000 yuan). As the importers are required to apply for leave by the time set out in detail the composition of imported goods, as well as to introduce the production process. The requirement for the disclosure of product ingredients and product requirements of production methods has been seen as obstacles to imports.

Registration
For many special processing of food and packaged food and drugs, cosmetics and many other products subject to control, Thailand has strict registration requirements. 5,000 baht fee for each commodity, the cost does not include the analysis. The approved products announced by the Royal and specifying the product name, company or the applicant address, license registration number as well as the approval and expiration of time.
Product applications for registration should be by the manufacturer or right on behalf of the foreign producers to make the company. Imported products registered producer must provide the relevant health institutions analysis. Foreign product manufacturers must be the country of origin of production and marketing of the product license, and permission must be in the country from Thailand's foreign certification bodies. This has the effect of imports of the formation of an exclusive situation in which the applicant that there is only one analysis of each product to get the required certification information, the information in the product when the customs clearance of imports to the Thai Customs. Generally speaking, to get into the general merchandise
I need the approval of the registration period of three months, biochemical products 4 months time, new drugs take six months to a year's time.
Number of live animals and live animals imported products also need health certification, most of the plants and plant materials need to obtain phytosanitary certification. Animal and plant quarantine cooperation from the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Husbandry Office, Agriculture Department is responsible for food and non-edible plants quarantine.
In addition, according to a new introduction in 1998 of the Act relating to tobacco products, tobacco production and import the relevant government departments are required to provide the brand of the ingredients of cigarettes and cigars.