ANNOUNCEMENT 01 Jan 2009
In January 2009, the government of Thailand announced a change in export taxation.NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS
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In 2009 Thailand cancelled export tax for buffalo, cow hide and dried processed rubber wood.
The former export tax rates for buffalo and cow hide was 5 baht/kg, while the export tax for wood and processed wood from rubber tree faced an export tax of 3%.
According to the Thai authorities the reason for the cancellation of these export taxes is to ease excess domestic supply.