TSIC Activity

52292

Freight forwarding and customs agent activities

ประกอบกิจการขนส่งและขนถ่ายสินค้า และคนโดยสารทั้งทางบก ทางน้ำ ทางอากาศ ทั้งภายในประเทศและระหว่างประเทศ รวมทั้งรับบริการนำของออกจากท่าเรือตามพิธีศุลกากรและการจัดระวางการขนส่งทุกชนิด

Definition

The activities of a freight forwarder, both by water and air, which may perform various functions, such as acting as an agent in procuring and arranging the transport of exporters' goods to the destination port, acting as an intermediary between shippers, being a direct transporter and a goods consolidation service, which may be a freight forwarder of various types. The activities of a customs broker/customs broker, acting as a representative of importers and exporters in conducting customs formalities, preparing goods declarations, submitting goods declarations to customs officers at customs checkpoints, and delivering imported goods from abroad to the importer or exporting goods out of the Kingdom for export abroad to the exporter.

Foreign ownership

Not on the Foreign Business Act restricted lists.

The Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 (1999) restricts majority foreign ownership only for the activities named in its three annexed Lists. This activity is not among the mappings we hold, so a foreign investor can generally hold up to 100% of the equity, subject to any sector-specific licence and to minimum-capital rules (typically THB 2 million per restricted business, or THB 3 million where a Foreign Business Licence applies).

If an activity is restricted, the routes to foreign majority

  • BOI promotion — the Board of Investment can grant up to 100% foreign ownership for promoted activities, with tax and non-tax incentives.
  • Foreign Business Licence — permission from the Ministry of Commerce to operate a List 2 or List 3 activity as a foreign-majority company.
  • US Treaty of Amity — US nationals may hold majority ownership in most activities, treated as Thai nationals for FBA purposes.

This is general guidance, not legal advice, and mappings are auto-derived. The schedules of the Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 are the authority; verify against the Act, or ask us to check your specific activity. See the full foreign ownership reference.

See the full foreign ownership reference for all three FBA lists.

Companies registered since 2022

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New DBD registrations under this activity since 2022, the period the registry snapshot covers, not the full historical register.

1,694
Registered
since 2022
1,550
Still active
144
Dissolved
฿1.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2017peak 461 in 20232026

Source: Department of Business Development (DBD) new-registration records, 2022 to present. Counts cover companies first registered in that window, reflect the latest snapshot load, and may lag the live register.

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