Business
BOI recorded 900 bn baht investment applications in 2018
Both the application number and the investment value were higher than those in 2017, by 3% and 43%, respectively.

The Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand has revealed that the total amount of investment promotion application in 2018 reached 901,770 million baht, which exceeded the original target by 25%. Investment applications in the EEC accounted for more than 680,000 million baht.
Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Somkid Jatusripitak said after a meeting with the Board of Investment (BOI) on investment promotion policies in 2019 that last year BOI received 1,626 investment applications projects with a total value of Baht 901,770 million.
Largest-scale investment projects have been in the areas of petrochemical and electrical vehicle (EV) production.
Both the application number and the investment value were higher than those in 2017, by 3% and 43%, respectively.
In addition, the applications’ value in 2018 was 25% higher than the set target of 720,000 million baht. As many as 84% of the application projects, worth 758,000 million baht in total, were in the targeted industries.
Within that amount, 539,000 million baht was invested in the five new S-Curve industry sectors, which include digital, medical hub, biofuels and biochemicals, robotics and automation, and aviation.
A total value of 219,000 million baht was invested in the first S-Curve industry sectors; namely, agriculture and biotechnology, electrical and electronics, automotive and auto parts, tourism and food processing. Ms. Duangjai Asawachintachit, BOI’s Secretary General, said that in 2019 BOI will continue to focus on marketing activities targeted at investments that will help create more local value-added and bring higher technologies.
A series of support measures have been issued to attract these investments. Proactive FDI-seeking activities will be organized in key targeted areas Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, the United States and Europe.
Business
Online intellectual property dispute platform to go live next year
The online dispute settlement platform for intellectual property cases will assist with cases related to copyright, patents, and trademark infringements using digital technology.
Business
Thailand pushes for “Ease of Doing Business” reforms
Thailand is in the process of responding to the World Bank’s advice and the “Ten for Ten” proposal by five ambassadors to Thailand, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Supattanapong Punmeechaow.

The government has made improving the business environment in Thailand a key policy by setting a goal to raise the ranking of the ease of doing business to be among the top 20 countries in the world.
(more…)Business
Thailand remains in pole position for the highest funds raised across Southeast Asia
Taking the top two spots on the region’s leaderboard this year are Thailand’s Central Retail Corporation Public Company Limited and SCG Packaging Public Company Limited with US$1.77 billion and US$ 1.27 billion funds raised respectively

THAILAND, 26 November 2020 — Capital markets across Southeast Asia stayed resilient in 2020 despite a host of uncertainties from the evolving global health crisis to the worsening US-China trade tensions and the impact of the US presidential elections.
(more…)-
Economics1 week ago
Thailand Tops Bloomberg’s Emerging Markets List
-
Economics4 days ago
96% of Foreign Investors still confident in Thailand says BOI
-
Investment5 days ago
Thailand BOI new measures to boost post-Covid-19 investment
-
Companies5 days ago
Thai Firm to produce 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine