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For export, the TISI (Thai Industrial Standard Institute) maintains a list of organizations certified as competent to provide export certificates and those accredited as competent to certify quality systems (ISO 9000); environmental management systems (ISO 14000), inspection services(ISO/IEC 17000), laboratories (ISO/IEC 17025), and personnel and training registration

Thailand prohibits imports of several food products on health grounds including some types of genetically modified maize

Export controls in the form of registration requirements, export licensing, quotas, and prohibitions apply to some 30 products, mainly for purposes of, inter alia, environmental reasons

Export prohibitions and export quotas are imposed to comply with Thailand's international obligations for environmental, public health and intellectual property reasons, or to comply with bilateral agreement provisions

Export licensing requirements on rice, elephants, and timber have been maintained for economic security reasons, and for the conservation of elephants and forest resources

The range of goods subject to excise duties is quite broad, covering 22 different categories, including telecommunications services and ozone depleting substances as well as alcohol, cigarettes, cars, and motorcycles

The Board of Investment (BOI) opened the "One Start One Stop" centre, which brought together all the state agencies responsible for the permits and licences necessary to establish an enterprise and undertake investment in Thailand, which to qualify for tax incentives by the BOI the project must meet the following criteria, including, inter alia, a provision for environmental protection

In October 2010, certain automotive parts for assembling or manufacturing hybrid-electric vehicles were exempted from import duty for three years, a move aimed at making Thailand a centre for producing environmentally friendly cars

The Plant Varieties Protection Act B.E. 2542 (1999), which entered into force in December 1999, defines plant varieties eligible for protection and says that genetically modified varieties may only be registered after they are officially appraised as safe for the environment, health, and public welfare

On the grounds of national safety or security or affecting arts and culture, tradition, folk handicraft or natural resources and the environment, the Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 (1999) prohibits foreigners from sugar cane farming unless they obtain the permission of the Minister of Commerce with the approval of the Cabinet