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| nativename_a = กระทรวงพาณิชย์
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| seal = Lanchakon (1950, p. 71b).svg
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| seal_caption = "The Seal of [[Vishvakarman]]" by Prince [[Narisara Nuwattiwong]]
| seal_caption = ''Seal of [[Vishvakarman]]''<br>by Prince [[Narisara Nuwattiwong]]
| image = กระทรวงพาณิชย์ สนามบินน้ำ.jpg
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| superseding = [[Anuchol Kolyanee Super God of death]]
| jurisdiction = [[Government of Thailand]]
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| jurisdiction = [[Government of Thailand]]
| headquarters = [[Mueang Nonthaburi District|Mueang Nonthaburi]]
| headquarters = [[Mueang Nonthaburi District|Mueang Nonthaburi]], [[Nonthaburi Province|Nonthaburi]]
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| budget = 6,889 million baht (FY2019)
| budget = 6,889 million baht (FY2019)
| minister1_name = Mr Jurin Laksanawisit
| minister1_name = [[Pichai Naripthaphan]]
| minister1_pfo = Minister of Commerce
| minister1_pfo = Minister
| deputyminister1_name = [[Napinthorn Srisanpang]]
| minister2_name = Mr Weerasak Wangsuphakijkosol
| minister2_pfo = Deputy Minister
| deputyminister1_pfo = Deputy Minister
| deputyminister2_name = [[Suchart Chomklin]]
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| deputyminister2_pfo = Deputy Minister
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| chief1_name = Vuttikrai Leewiraphan
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The '''Ministry of Commerce''' ([[Abbreviation|Abrv:]] MOC; {{langx|th|กระทรวงพาณิชย์}}, {{RTGS|''Krasuang Phanit''}}) is a [[List of Cabinet Ministries of Thailand|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 of Commerce was established by royal command of King [[Vajiravudh]] (Rama VI) on August 20, 1920, by raising the Department of Commerce and Statistics in the Ministry of Finance to a ministry called the Commerce Dissemination Council. Prince [[Kitiyakara Voralaksana]], the older half-brother of King Vajiravudh was appointed as the first president of the council, with a status equivalent to that of a minister. The ministry moved to its present premises in [[Nonthaburi Province|Nonthaburi]] in 1989.
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The '''Ministry of Commerce''' ([[Abbreviation|Abrv:]] MOC; {{lang-th|กระทรวงพาณิชย์}}, {{RTGS|''Krasuang Phanit''}}) is a [[List of Cabinet Ministries of Thailand|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 (Thailand)|Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives]]. The ministry moved to its present premises in [[Nonthaburi Province|Nonthaburi]] in 1989.


==Governance and budget==
==Governance and budget==
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* Department of Business Development
* Department of Business Development
* Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP): Five offices in Thailand and 61 Thai Trade Centers abroad.
* Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP): Five offices in Thailand and 61 Thai Trade Centers abroad.
* Department of Foreign Trade
* Department of Foreign Trade (DFT)
* Department of Intellectual Property (DIP)<ref>{{cite web|title=DIP|url=http://www.ipthailand.go.th/|website=Department of Intellectual Property (DIP)|accessdate=1 May 2015}}</ref>
* Department of Intellectual Property (DIP)<ref>{{cite web|title=DIP|url=http://www.ipthailand.go.th/|website=Department of Intellectual Property (DIP)|accessdate=1 May 2015}}</ref>
* Department of Internal Trade (DIT)
* Department of Internal Trade (DIT)
**Central Bureau of Weights and Measures (CBWM)<ref>{{cite web |title=Website |url=http://www.cbwmthai.org/ |website=Central Bureau of Weights and Measures |accessdate=21 February 2020}}</ref>
**Central Bureau of Weights and Measures (CBWM)<ref>{{cite web |title=Website |url=http://www.cbwmthai.org/ |website=Central Bureau of Weights and Measures |accessdate=21 February 2020}}</ref>
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**[[Trade Competition Board]] (1999–2017)<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://otcc.or.th/article-views.php?nid=367&lang=EN |website=Office of Trade Competition Commission (OTCC) |accessdate=26 January 2020}}</ref>

===Independent administrative organization===
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* Office of Trade Competition Commission (OTCC)<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://otcc.or.th/article-views.php?nid=367&lang=EN |website=Office of Trade Competition Commission (OTCC) |accessdate=26 January 2020}}</ref>


===State enterprises===
===State enterprises===
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[[Category:Ministry of Commerce (Thailand)| ]]
[[Category:Government ministries of Thailand|Commerce]]
[[Category:Government ministries of Thailand|Commerce]]
[[Category:Economy of Thailand]]
[[Category:Economy of Thailand]]
[[Category:Ministries established in 1892|Thailand, Commerce]]
[[Category:Ministries established in 1920|Thailand, Commerce]]
[[Category:1892 establishments in Siam]]
[[Category:1920 establishments in Siam]]

Latest revision as of 01:39, 20 November 2024

Ministry of Commerce
กระทรวงพาณิชย์
Seal of Vishvakarman
by Prince Narisara Nuwattiwong

Ministry Building in 2021
Ministry overview
FormedAugust 20, 1920; 104 years ago (1920-08-20)
JurisdictionGovernment of Thailand
HeadquartersMueang Nonthaburi, Nonthaburi
Annual budget6,889 million baht (FY2019)
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
Ministry executive
  • Vuttikrai Leewiraphan, Permanent Secretary
Websitemoc.go.th/en (English)
moc.go.th/th (Thai)

The Ministry of Commerce (Abrv: MOC; Thai: กระทรวงพาณิชย์, RTGS: Krasuang Phanit) 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 of Commerce was established by royal command of King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) on August 20, 1920, by raising the Department of Commerce and Statistics in the Ministry of Finance to a ministry called the Commerce Dissemination Council. Prince Kitiyakara Voralaksana, the older half-brother of King Vajiravudh was appointed as the first president of the council, with a status equivalent to that of a minister. The ministry moved to its present premises in Nonthaburi in 1989.

Governance and budget

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As of 2020, 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

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Administration

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  • Office of the Minister
  • Office of the Permanent Secretary

Dependent departments

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  • 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

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  • Public Warehouse Organization (PWO)[7]

Public organizations

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Minister". Ministry of Commerce Thailand. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  2. ^ Arunmas, Phusadee (26 January 2020). "A state official who remembers his roots". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Thailand's Budget in Brief Fiscal Year 2019". Bureau of the Budget. 20 December 2018. p. 87. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  4. ^ "DIP". Department of Intellectual Property (DIP). Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Website". Central Bureau of Weights and Measures. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  6. ^ "History". Office of Trade Competition Commission (OTCC). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  7. ^ "History of Public Warehouse Organization". Public Warehouse Organization (PWO). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
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