TSIC Section
Manufacturing
Definition
Transformation of raw materials into finished goods through processing or assembling.
Foreign ownership
No Foreign Business Act restriction mapped at this level.
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). Narrower codes beneath this one may still carry their own restrictions.
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
Browse allNew DBD registrations under this code since 2022, summed across every 5-digit activity beneath it. Not the full historical register.
New registrations per year, all sub-codes combined
Source: DBD new-registration records, 2022 to present.
Divisions under C
- 10Manufacture of food products
- 11Manufacture of beverages
- 12Manufacture of tobacco products
- 13Manufacture of textiles
- 14Manufacture of wearing apparel
- 15Manufacture of leather and related products
- 16Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
- 17Manufacture of paper and paper products
- 18Printing and reproduction of recorded media
- 19Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products
- 20Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
- 21Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
- 22Manufacture of rubber and plastics products
- 23Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
- 24Manufacture of basic metals
- 25Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
- 26Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
- 27Manufacture of electrical equipment
- 28Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
- 29Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
- 30Manufacture of other transport equipment
- 31Manufacture of furniture
- 32Other manufacturing
- 33Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
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