Direct transit:
All the goods which are brought into the customs limit for the sole purpose
of transport to another contracting country. These goods are primarily under customs custody while in
Thailand.
Quantity and weight units:
Quantities and weights are recorded in unit in accordance with
the Thailand Trade Nomenclature. However, when goods are required to be entered by weight, net
weigh is shown, excepting certain goods in the Custom Tariff, in which the weights of immediate
packing are used.
Values
In general, values are based on the declarations made by importers and exporters
and subsequently verified by the customs officials. For imports, C.I.F. values at the port of destination
are used. For exports, F.O.B. values at the port of departure are used. F.O.B. value are drawn
from the documents of sales for the actual amounts received in terms of national currency, including
export duties, if any.
Exchange conversion
Values quoted in foreign currencies for both imports and exports
are converted to Thai currency according to the officially notified rates issued monthly by the Customs
Department. Unless the difference between the notified rate and the daily market rates issued by the
Bank of Thailand exceeds five percents, it has to be approved by the Bank of Thailand.
Statistics on License for making business on medicine:
these statistics were from Food
and Drug Administration, presenting the license concerning Modern medicine and Traditional medicine
by Drug Act, B.E.
2510
Modern medicine refers to drugs intended for use in the practice of modern
medicine or the cure of an animal disease. The categories of licenses for modern medicine are as
follows:
1.
A license to sell modern drugs
2.
A license to sell only ready-packed modern medicine which are not dangerous or specially-
controlled drugs
3.
A license to sell only ready-packed modern medicine for veterinary use.
4.
A license to produce modern drugs
5. A license to import medicine into the Kingdom
