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Alcohol / License

My Thai friend persuaded me to invest in the business of alcohol and cleaning jel as the demand over the supply due to COVID-19. I thought it would be a good business and invested a lot of money. My Thai friend had a factory with a license from Food and
Drug Authority. We purchased alcohol from the big factory, Then, we reproduced, packed and sold to other distributors.

However, our products were confiscated and attached by the officer. I haven’t understood what is going on. It seems to me that everything is in accordance with the law because we have the license already. Could you tell me why that it is against the law. Thanks.

19 เม.ย. 63 18:06

จาก Valentin

(182.232.195.215)

According to your information, as you have a license from the Food and Drug Authority, I assume that you have a license to produce cosmetics from alcohol.

For the alcohol that your factory purchased from the main factory it should be concentrated alcohol used as a raw material to produce cosmetics.

As a consequence, the concentrated alcohol is considered as liquor, for which your company had to apply for a license from the Excise Department to produce and sell the products as for well as an exemption to pay less Excise Tax or even zero %.

Many business owners do not understand about the Excise License as well as the Excise Tax and then inadvertently breach the law.

20 เม.ย. 63 10:46

Dr. Rujira Bunnag

(203.172.52.102)