PRIME Minister/Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (May 11) cut short his visit to Phuket and urgently flew to Ranong to inspect a warehouse where over 50 million baht worth of smuggled goods were found and seized, pointing out that there is no higher authority to clear this matter, Nawena newspaper said this evening. Anutin
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Navy seizes several tons of contraband heading for Cambodia
IN AN operation mounted in the dead of the night the Thai navy seized four Cambodian long-tail boats carrying tons of contraband goods from Trat province to the neighbouring country and arrested six crew members, Naewna newspaper said today (April 13). RADM Parach Rattanachaiyapan, the Thai navy’s spokesperson, said the navy’s First Naval Area
Read moreImport duty on foreign goods sold online costing 1 baht upwards starting Jan. 1
THE Customs Department today (Nov. 5) announced that from Jan. 1, 2026 onwards an import duty will be charged on all foreign goods sold at various online platforms costing 1 baht upwards along with the Value Added Tax (VAT) as required by law with this replacing tariff exemption on such goods costing less than
Read moreThai SMEs being hit by Chinese products flooding the market
THE US-CHINA trade war that has led to tariffs skyrocketing might soon turn into an economic storm for Thai people if Chinese products flood the market which could then lead to Thai SMEs being squeezed to the point of shutting down, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Apr. 17). China raised its duties on imports
Read moreBig lot of fake brand name goods seized
A RAID on a warehouse in Bangkok’s Taweewattana district netted a large amount of knock-off brand name products worth over 20 million baht, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Aug. 15). Fake brand name products seized in this raid include 5,067 “luxury” watches, 1,150 bottles of perfumes, 800 mobile phones, 770 headphones, 6,720 mobile
Read moreMore categories Of Goods Provided Under Digital Wallet Project
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MORE CATEGORIES OF merchandise are provided for people to buy under the Pheu Thai-initiated digital wallet project as of the start of the fourth quarter of this year, according to the Digital Government Development Agency. The newly-established DGA today (July 24) issued a statement to add supplementary categories to the
Read moreMinistry moves to slap 7% VAT on cheap imported goods
THE Finance Ministry will this week submit a draft on amending the Revenue Code to impose 7% value added tax (VAT) on all imported goods valued less than 1,500 baht for cabinet approval, TV Channel 7 said last night (May 12). Currently consumers buying low-value goods from overseas online platforms are exempt from this
Read moreThai police help arrest couple in 821m baht luxury goods scam
By The Straits Times Singapore – The couple allegedly involved in a luxury goods scam, involving undelivered items worth S$32 million (approximately 821 million baht), have been arrested in Malaysia and are back in Singapore with the Thai police having tipped off their counterparts in Singapore The Singapore Police Force said Pi Jiapeng, 26, and
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