TSIC Class

Wholesale of Raw Materials for Industry

Definition

The wholesale trade of raw materials used in industry, such as metals, plastics, and chemicals.

Foreign ownership

List 3: Restricted, FBL/BOI route availableinherited from 462

Internal trade connected with native products or produce not yet prohibited by law

Mapped to wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals as the closest fit; the statute language is broader.

FBA B.E. 2542, List 3 (13)Routes: Foreign Business Licence, BOI promotion, US Treaty of Amity

List 3: Restricted, FBL/BOI route availableinherited from 46

Wholesale of goods of all kinds, where the minimum capital per store is below the level prescribed in the Act

Sufficiently capitalised wholesale operations are exempt, subject to capital thresholds, verify current figures.

FBA B.E. 2542, List 3 (15)Routes: Foreign Business Licence, BOI promotion, US Treaty of Amity

Auto-mapped, verify against the Act. These TSIC mappings are indicative, not legal advice; the schedules of the Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 are the authority. See the full foreign ownership reference.

Companies registered since 2022

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New DBD registrations under this code since 2022, summed across every 5-digit activity beneath it. Not the full historical register.

4,566

Registered

since 2022

4,153

Still active

413

Dissolved

New registrations per year, all sub-codes combined

2021peak 1,326 in 20232026

Source: DBD new-registration records, 2022 to present.

Activities under 4620

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