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Thai nominees facing govt checks after Yaowarat uproar
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 20/01/2023
» The Department of Business Development (DBD) is preparing to check the profiles of Thai nominees at 400 to 500 foreign-run businesses to see if they are in violation of any laws.
B173m in fake goods destroyed
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 27/08/2022
» The Commerce Ministry has destroyed more than 400,000 counterfeit goods worth about 173 million baht, seized in raids to protect intellectual property rights.
Gloves come off in corruption case
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 07/10/2021
» The Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) has fired three senior officials for alleged corruption in the purchase of 112.5-billion-baht worth of rubber gloves and ordered them to pay 2 billion baht compensation in damages.
Kriangsak plans to testify over gloves saga
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 31/10/2020
» Kriangsak Prateepvisut, director of the Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO), has revealed that a network of people -- inside and outside of the PWO -- took part in a corruption scheme in the procurement of rubber gloves worth 112.5 billion baht.
Exporters alerted to row toll
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 29/01/2019
» Thai exporters are being urged to shift their focus to alternative markets, especially in Asia, which represents about 60% of Thailand's exports, as the trade row between the US and China is unlikely to end in the near future.
Thailand sidesteps trade spat
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 20/06/2018
» The deepening trade spat between the US and China is unlikely to have a direct impact on Thai exports, insists the Commerce Ministry's trade policy and strategy office.
Shop kicked out of Blue Flag scheme over VAT charges
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 05/05/2018
» A Thong Fah (Blue Flag) discount grocery, which illegally charged value added tax (VAT), has been delisted from the state welfare card programme after the Commerce Ministry identified its whereabouts in Chiang Rai.
Amended trade act slated for September
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 03/04/2017
» The Commerce Ministry expects the amended Trade Competition Act will take effect in September this year after the draft bill passed its third reading at the National Legislative Assembly (NLA).
Spotlight on middlemen in food price row
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 12/05/2012
» The Commerce Ministry has been directed to undertake an inquiry into consumer product costs to figure out why prices have remained high and to put the squeeze on profiteering middlemen.