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Customs seeks to tighten export rules in crackdown on origin loopholes
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 23/01/2026
» The Customs Department wants to tighten local content criteria for goods produced in free zones to prevent the misuse of Thai origin privileges for exports to the US.
Stock fraud crackdown
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/08/2024
» The Finance Ministry has proposed stricter laws to prevent stock manipulation that damages the market, whether conducted by domestic or foreign actors.
Pork smugglers facing crackdown
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/10/2023
» Over the past three years, there has been a 20-fold increase in the number of arrests made for the smuggling of pig products.
Illicit bank accounts face legal crackdown
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 30/01/2023
» The Finance Ministry has instructed the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) to find ways to tackle fraudsters' use of nominees to open bank accounts, says the ministry's permanent secretary Krisada Chinavicharana.
Diesel tax cut likely to be extended
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/09/2022
» The Finance Ministry is expected to ask the cabinet to extend the diesel excise tax reduction until the end of this year to ease people's living costs, according to a ministry source who requested anonymity.
Software successful at snaring smugglers
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 13/08/2021
» The Excise Department is using software to track down suspected smugglers as part of its effort to improve tax collection efficiency, says director-general Lavaron Sangsnit.
Revenue revs up from supercar imports
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 11/10/2019
» Income from import duty on supercars, particularly Porsches and Bentleys, in the first 10 months of fiscal 2019 more than doubled from previous levels.
Luxury cars on auction road
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/09/2019
» The Customs Department plans to continue with auctioning 4,000 seized luxury cars next year after the process was halted following the Land Transport Department's refusal to register the vehicles.
Apisak eyes crackdown on bidder appeals
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 22/09/2018
» The Finance Ministry is poised either to disqualify bidders who fail to win auctions and file unjustified appeals from taking part in other state procurement bidding or to demand compensation for project delays.
Impounded luxury car bid held up by Land Transport Department
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 05/09/2018
» The Customs Department has halted its plan to put seized luxury cars under the hammer this fiscal year, forgoing an estimated 500 million baht in revenue, following the Land Transport Department's refusal to register such vehicles.