31 PRODUCTS GRANTED DUTY-FREE US ENTRY

TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2017
31 PRODUCTS GRANTED DUTY-FREE US ENTRY

Thirty-one Thai products have been given preferential duty-free entry to the United States, under the generalised system of preferences (GSP) programme, from July 1.

 The Thai items given the duty-free treatment include 23 items of travel goods and one item of cellulose nitrates, while GSP was maintained for seven “de minimis” goods, said Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn.
The seven de minimis value goods are fresh-cut orchids, fresh durians, dried papaya, dried tamarinds, prepared or preserved sweet corn, fruit and nuts except mixtures, preserved by sugar (drained, glace or crystallized), and prepared or preserved papaya.