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From February 23, 2024, U.S. wines can access the Thai market duty-free and with lower excise taxes.

A July 29 seminar brought together roughly 100 Costa Rican craft brewers, retailers, restauranteurs, and enthusiasts to promote new brewing products and training courses to further develop the Costa Rican craft beer sector.

Plant-based diets and meat substitutes are gaining popularity and are capturing the interest of Thai consumers.

The Thai Excise Department approved the use of the APEC Model Wine Export Certificate for U.S. wine exports and the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’s (TTB) Certificate of Sanitation for U.S. beer and distilled spirit exports to Thailand with specific attestation.

On September 23, 2020, the Thai Excise Department published a revised notification on quality standard for imported alcoholic.

Thailand announced a ban on online alcohol sales on September 8, 2020.

Distiller’s Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) was recently added to the Thai Ministry of Commerce’s Controlled Goods and Services list, but import restrictions have not yet been established.

Costa Rica’s economy growth rate slowed in 2018 to 2.7 percent compared with an average rate of growth of 3.8 percent over the ten previous years.

On June 5, 2019, the Excise Department issued a notification on the required quality standards for alcoholic beverages.

On March 12, 2019, the Thai Excise Department issued a new Excise Department Notification, which extends by 180 days (six months) the timeline for full implementation of the Certificate....

On September 11, 2018, the Thai Excise Department issued a new Excise Department Notification, which extends the timeline for the full implementation of the Certificate of Analysis....

This report summarizes the Thai Excise Department’s guidelines on alcohol beverage sample submissions for Certificate of Analysis (COA) Testing.