Ministry of Commerce (Thailand) explained
Agency Name: | Ministry of Commerce |
Type: | Ministry |
Nativename A: | Thai: กระทรวงพาณิชย์ |
Seal: | Lanchakon (1950, p. 71b).svg |
Formed: | 1892 |
Jurisdiction: | Government of Thailand |
Headquarters: | Mueang Nonthaburi, Nonthaburi |
Budget: | 6,889 million baht (FY2019) |
Minister1 Name: | Phumtham Wechayachai |
Minister1 Pfo: | Minister |
Deputyminister1 Pfo: | Deputy Minister |
Deputyminister2 Name: | Suchart Chomklin |
Deputyminister2 Pfo: | Deputy Minister |
Chief1 Name: | Vuttikrai Leewiraphan |
Chief1 Position: | Permanent Secretary |
Website: | (English) (Thai) |
The Ministry of Commerce (Abrv: MOC; Thai: กระทรวงพาณิชย์,) is a cabinet ministry in the government of Thailand. The Minister of Commerce is a member of the Cabinet of Thailand. The ministry is responsible for trade, prices of important agricultural goods, consumer protection, entrepreneurship, insurance, intellectual property protection, exports, and representing Thailand at the World Trade Organization. The ministry was founded in 1892 by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), by separating the ministry from the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. The ministry moved to its present premises in Nonthaburi in 1989.
Governance and budget
, the Minister of Commerce is Jurin Laksanawisit. His deputy minister is Weerasak Wangsuphakijkosol.[1] [2]
MOC's budget for FY2019 is 6,889 million baht. About one-third of that figure is allocated to trade promotion.[3]
Departments
Administration
- Office of the Minister
- Office of the Permanent Secretary
Dependent departments
- Department of Trade Negotiations
- Department of Business Development
- Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP): Five offices in Thailand and 61 Thai Trade Centers abroad.
- Department of Foreign Trade (DFT)
- Department of Intellectual Property (DIP)[4]
- Department of Internal Trade (DIT)
State enterprises
- Public Warehouse Organization (PWO)[7]
Public organizations
- The Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand (Public Organization)
- The Support Arts and Crafts International Centre of Thailand (Public Organization)
- International Institute for Trade and Development
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Minister. Ministry of Commerce Thailand. 26 January 2020.
- News: Arunmas . Phusadee . A state official who remembers his roots . 26 January 2020 . Bangkok Post . 26 January 2020.
- Web site: Thailand's Budget in Brief Fiscal Year 2019 . Bureau of the Budget. 87 . 20 December 2018. 26 January 2020.
- Web site: DIP. Department of Intellectual Property (DIP). 1 May 2015.
- Web site: Website . Central Bureau of Weights and Measures . 21 February 2020.
- Web site: History . Office of Trade Competition Commission (OTCC) . 26 January 2020.
- Web site: History of Public Warehouse Organization . Public Warehouse Organization (PWO) . 26 January 2020.