Located at the heart of South-east Asia, the Kingdom of Thailand covers a total area of approximately 513,120 sq km, making it the 52nd-largest nation in the world by area. It is bound geographically by the nations of Cambodia to the east, Laos to the northeast, Malaysia to the south and Myanmar to the west. Its major natural boundaries...
According to the results of the inaugural Business Barometer: OBG in ASEAN CEO Survey, in which we surveyed business leaders in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, business sentiment is buoyant in the region. This is the first time we have collated our proprietary data from individual ASEAN markets, allowing us to...
With a robust export economy dominated by the manufacturing industry, Thailand has long benefitted from foreign investment in key sectors, such as automotive and electronics, while its agriculture and agro-food base has pushed it to the forefront in global rubber, rice and seafood production. Trade and investment have been under pressure in...
What impact do you anticipate Thailand’s next general election will have on levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country?
Recent decades have seen a downward convergence in corporate tax regimes as advanced, emerging and developing economies moved to grab a bigger slice of the global investment pie. Headline corporate tax rates have fallen by 20 percentage points since the early 1980s. Alongside lower average rates, special tax incentives aimed at capturing investment...
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