Ministry of Finance Letter to Permanent Secretary of Public Health Ministry Repealing the Permission to Import Chewing Tobacco

Made 1992-09-04 · Text as of 2026-10-01

Public law and official guidance, published as research. Not legal, tax or financial advice.

About this law

Language: English
Kind: Other
Organisation: Mekong River Commission (MRC)
Country: Thailand
Subjects: Cultivated plants
Keywords: tobacco, international trade, processing/handling, agricultural commodities
Categories: *, agriculture

No source link is recorded for this law.

The law's own text, section by section, as held. Each section has its own link.

part 1
No. Kor Khor 0704/39154 Ministry of Finance Phra Rarm 6 Rd., BKK 10400 4 September 1992 Subject: Repealing the permission to import the chewing drug To: The Permanent Secretary of Public Health Ref: MOPH letter dated Sor Thor 0245/126 dated 3 July 1992 In the letter referring herein, the Ministry of Public Health has requested the Ministry of Finance to terminate import permit to bring in smokeless tobacco for sale in the country in view of its addictive substances which are severely hazardous to health. The Ministry of Finance has considered this and agreed with the Ministry of Public Health’s proposal. The MOF’s policy direction had been notified to the Excise Department to cancel import permit and sale of the chewing drug and also not to permit its production in the country. We are happy to inform you this accordingly. Yours sincerely, (Mr. Bundit Boonyapana) Permanent Secretary of State for Finance