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ปี 2025 การค้าชายแดนไทย–กัมพูชาต้องเผชิญกับความท้าทายครั้งใหญ่ เมื่อด่านชายแดนหลายแห่งถูกปิดชั่วคราวเพราะปัญหาความตึงเครียด ส่งผลให้การขนส่งสินค้าทางบกที่เคยสะดวกและรวดเร็วต้องหยุดชะงัก ธุรกิจจำนวนมาก โดยเฉพาะผู้ประกอบการ SME และผู้ส่งออกสินค้าอุปโภคบริโภค ได้รับผลกระทบโดยตรง

ท่ามกลางสถานการณ์ที่ไม่แน่นอน ผู้ประกอบการไทยจำนวนไม่น้อยหันมาใช้เส้นทางใหม่ ทั้งการส่งออกทางเรือผ่านท่าเรือในจังหวัดตราดไปยังท่าเรือสีหนุวิลล์ หรืออ้อมผ่านลาวและเวียดนาม แม้จะเพิ่มต้นทุนและใช้เวลานานขึ้น แต่ก็เป็นวิธีที่ช่วยให้การค้าดำเนินต่อไปได้

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แม้การเดินทางของสินค้าในวันนี้จะยังไม่ง่ายดาย แต่ทุกก้าวเล็ก ๆ ของการเจรจา เราก็หวังว่าจะพาเส้นทางการค้าระหว่างไทย–กัมพูชากลับมาแข็งแรงได้อีกครั้ง

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In 2025, cross-border trade between Thailand and Cambodia faces significant challenges. Several border checkpoints were temporarily closed due to rising tensions, disrupting the once-smooth flow of goods. Many businesses, especially SMEs and exporters of consumer products, were directly affected.

Amid this uncertainty, Thai businesses have turned to alternative routes. Some are shipping via the port in Trat to Sihanoukville, while others are rerouting through Laos and Vietnam. Although these options increase costs and travel time, they allow trade to continue.

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While moving goods today is still not easy, each small step in diplomatic negotiations brings hope that trade routes between Thailand and Cambodia will regain their strength.

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On July 14th, according to NOTUS [1], an American news source, Trump may impose a 100% tariff on countries that import oil and gas from Russia. Japan is one of the major importers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Sakhalin, Russia.

[1] https://www.notus.org/defense/trump-putin-ultimatum-tariffs-weapons-ukraine

“For Sell” signs are spring up like mushroom in Chiang Mai, with many businesses closing down shockingly.

Chiang Mai is a city where every brand wants to open a store or branch at least once in their life.

Chiang Mai is an attractive city for tourists, a city that “looks like it can sell”. But do you know that it can only sell during the winter, festivals, and holidays? Because after Songkran, you have to face the reality that sales will be gone until October. This is the real life of a tourist city.

Chiang Mai is considered by many to be the “hardest city” for doing business. The cost of living is constantly rising [1], the minimum wage is less than 400 baht, there are no enough essential public utilities, public toilets, public transportation, and the smog season that occurs every year etc.

Travelers in Chiang Mai from 2018 to 2024.

 
Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FD6msoQxC/

Source: Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16rg8BQXjA/ 

On June 19th, Thailand’s Ministry of Industry revealed a major update to its List of Hazardous Substances (No. 8) and Ministry Regulation No. 5, issued under the Hazardous Substances Act B.E. 2535, which will come into effect the day after its publication in the Royal Gazette. Just note that The Minister had already signed the revision.

Related web site: http://reg3.diw.go.th/haz/

Ministry of Industry Notification on the List of Hazardous Substances (No. 8) B.E. 2568

The key changes are as follows:

Removal of hazardous substances controls (2 entries)

1. One entry from the List 1.2 [extracts from plants such as neem, galangal, citronella, etc. used for preventing and destroying insects and pests], under the control of the Department of Agriculture
   
   
2. One entry from the List 4.1 [citronella oil], under the control of the Food and Drug Administration

Revision of Control measures (17 entries)

1. One entry from the  List 1.1, under the control of the Department of Agriculture
   
   
2. Four entries from List 1.2, under the control of the Department of Agriculture
   
   
3. One entry from List 4.1, under the control of the Food and Drug Administration
   
   
4. One entry from List 4.2, under the control of the Food and Drug Administration
   
   
5. Ten entries from List 5.1, under the control of the Department of Industrial Works

Addition of new hazardous substances controls (2 entries)

(1) Two new entries on List 1.1 [Pentachlorobenzene and Hexachlorobutadiene], under the control of the Department of Agriculture

Ministry Regulation No. 5, issued under the Hazardous Substances Act B.E. 2535

The key changes are as follows:

1.  Addition the second paragraph of Section 15 of the Ministerial Regulation B.E. 2537 issued under the Hazardous Substances Act B.E. 2535: "A license issued electronically must contain the text or essential content as appears in the license form under paragraph one, and may specify additional text or electronic symbols."
    
2. The name of Chapter 5 shall be repealed "Amendment and renewal of licenses" and the contents of Sections 22 and 23 of the Ministerial Regulation (B.E. 2537) and use the following instead.
   
   
3. The content of Section 24 shall be repealed of the Ministerial Regulation (B.E. 2537) and use the following instead.
   
   
4. Applications for or renewals of licenses to produce, import, export or possession of hazardous substances, including applications for amendments to items in licenses submitted prior to the effective date of this Ministerial Regulation, shall be proceeded by the officer.