Description
of content: Ministerial Regulation entitled Liquor Importation Permission is
intended to provide procedures and conditions for Liquor Importation into the
Kingdom of Thailand issued under B.E. 2560, it is summarized as follows:
1. Any
person, who intends to import liquors into the Kingdom of Thailand, shall
submit an application for Liquor Importation License together with the
relevant documents to the Area Excise Office or the Branch Office where the
customs office for liquor importation is located.
2. In
case where the person desiring to apply for the Liquor Importation License
type one, the following procedure shall be completed prior to submitting the
application mentioned in 1:
2.1 Submit
a label request form and the sample of labels used on the liquor for label
approval. The evidence of sole distributor for imported liquors is required.
2.2 Submit sample of
liquor to the Director General of the Excise Department for quality
examination or provide the certificate of analysis to ensure that the liquors
meet its requirement. Such certificate shall be issued by the agency which
the Director General designated as the Quality Examination Agency, the
foreign government agency or other agencies certified by the foreign
government.
It should be noted that the
enclosed full text in English version is unofficial translation. In case of a discrepancy, the Thai original shall
prevail.
The Excise Department provides statutory
exception and transitional period for importer to comply with article 5(2) of
the regulation by allowing the importation of liquor into Thailand before
submitting samples of liquors or certificate of result.
The importer shall submit the liquor or
certificate of result of liquor sample to the Excise Department within 30
days after the date of importation.
This exemption will only be implemented for
the application, which has been provided before 14 March 2019
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