Face masks found in containers at port have legal documents for export, say officials

By The Nation

 

 

The Port Authority of Thailand reported on Tuesday (March 17) that four containers filled with face masks in Laem Chabang Port for export to the United States had legal documents.

 

Customs officers on Monday were sent to inspect the containers following rumours that face masks were being hoarded at the port for sale to overseas markets.

 

The officers found four containers with 3.2 million units of face masks inside worth Bt5.1 million and they belonged to Emerald Nonwovens International Co Ltd.

 

However, the company was legally permitted to export and the number of face masks was in line with a declaration which showed no evidence of hoarding of the product.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30384233

 

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Very surprised to see the exporter named. I expect to see Thaivisa's finest swinging into action and providing a listing of the company's directors.

3,2 million masker , verd 5,1 million baht ????.

10 minutes ago, champers said:

Very surprised to see the exporter named. I expect to see Thaivisa's finest swinging into action and providing a listing of the company's directors.

Just google the name and you can find it even with pictures.

EMERALD NONWOVENS INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED is located in KHAO YOI, Phetchaburi, Thailand and is part of the Medical Equipment & Supplies Manufacturing Industry. EMERALD NONWOVENS INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED has 880 employees at this location and generates 0 million in sales (USD).

 

https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.emerald_nonwovens_international_company_limited.da7654b40f95143c4a0ab93c51bf83c8.html

 

• JC CHEN
• JC has a account

Manager at Emerald Nonwovens International Co.,LTD

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jc-chen-03058b31/?originalSubdomain=th

43 minutes ago, webfact said:

Customs officers on Monday were sent to inspect the containers following rumours that face masks were being hoarded at the port for sale to overseas markets.

Damn, I sure get confused from time to time in the Land of Smiles. Just a few days ago America was sending stuff over here...

 

Money over there own people, now I know why i have not been able to locate masks for nearly 3 weeks.........friking greed pure simple....

Street price in the USA would be at least $1 per mask and not 2B.
How is it possible they had legal documents when the export of more than 500 masks was prohibited and required a permit?
Oh wait I see did someone issued a permit and if so who? 

It´s not a question if it´s legal, it´s a question of moral to export them if there are not enough in Thailand. 

On the other side: who knows when they were ordered. Perhaps months ago.

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30382031

2 hours ago, missoura said:

Damn, I sure get confused from time to time in the Land of Smiles. Just a few days ago America was sending stuff over here...

 

That was a small donation 5000 masks and other bits and I am pretty sure the other 3.2 Million facemasks exported to the USA will be sold for around $1 each so 30B instead of the 2B here.
And the government does Jack Sxxt to stop it.

Permission needed for exports of face mask

National

Feb 12. 2020

The Department of Internal Trade (DIT) has stipulated that export of hygienic face masks exceeding 500 units per shipment would need permission from the department, said Wichai Pochanakit, the department’s director-general. The order became effective on February 6. As of February 11, there were 40 requests for permission to export 18.5 million units of face masks and more requests are expected. 

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30382031

I wonder which official in Thailand owns part of that company TIT

Who granted the permission and how much did it cost?

3.2 million face masks but no evidence of hoarding ????

We all know that these masks are pretty useless, nevertheless I find it staggering, that domestically there is nowhere anything like a mask available while they are exported by the container load. 

Not an American and not a Trump fan, but if these masks serve the Thai comfort zone then I would make "Thailand First" with such masks - just saying! 

23 hours ago, champers said:

Very surprised to see the exporter named. I expect to see Thaivisa's finest swinging into action and providing a listing of the company's directors.

Why?  The company is in the clear.

23 hours ago, saengd said:

EMERALD NONWOVENS INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED is located in KHAO YOI, Phetchaburi, Thailand and is part of the Medical Equipment & Supplies Manufacturing Industry. EMERALD NONWOVENS INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED has 880 employees at this location and generates 0 million in sales (USD).

 

https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.emerald_nonwovens_international_company_limited.da7654b40f95143c4a0ab93c51bf83c8.html

 

• JC CHEN
• JC has a account

Manager at Emerald Nonwovens International Co.,LTD

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jc-chen-03058b31/?originalSubdomain=th

What's the point in your showing all that information for a company that was not doing anything illegal?

20 hours ago, monkfish said:

I am pretty sure the other 3.2 Million facemasks exported to the USA will be sold for around $1 each so 30B instead of the 2B here.
And the government does Jack Sxxt to stop it.

You think that the Thai government can control prices in the US?

On 3/17/2020 at 12:49 PM, webfact said:

The officers found four containers with 3.2 million units of face masks inside worth Bt5.1 million and they belonged to Emerald Nonwovens International Co Ltd.

 

However, the company was legally permitted to export and the number of face masks was in line with a declaration which showed no evidence of hoarding of the product.

 

HUH????????????????\\

 

3.2 million masks for export by one company is not hoarding???

 

Then please someone tell me just what exactly is "hoarding" if that is not????

 

If just one Thai company has the ability to export 3.2 million masks in one shipment, no wonder there's almost none to be found here!!!

 

 

 

Edited March 18, 20206 yr by TallGuyJohninBKK

23 hours ago, saengd said:

EMERALD NONWOVENS INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED is located in KHAO YOI, Phetchaburi, Thailand and is part of the Medical Equipment & Supplies Manufacturing Industry. EMERALD NONWOVENS INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED has 880 employees at this location and generates 0 million in sales (USD).

 

https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.emerald_nonwovens_international_company_limited.da7654b40f95143c4a0ab93c51bf83c8.html

 

• JC CHEN
• JC has a account

Manager at Emerald Nonwovens International Co.,LTD

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jc-chen-03058b31/?originalSubdomain=th

 

 

Address:	88 Moo 2 Nong Chumpon, Nean Kao-Yi, Pretchabrree 76140, Thailand, Thailand
Company Description:	Emerald Nonwovens Intl. Co., Ltd. deals with surgical equipments like surgical masks, surgical gowns and surgical caps. We also offer disposable medical pads, surgery trays, surgical drapers, urology surgical drapes and non surgical isolation gowns.

21 hours ago, monkfish said:

Permission needed for exports of face mask

National

Feb 12. 2020

The Department of Internal Trade (DIT) has stipulated that export of hygienic face masks exceeding 500 units per shipment would need permission from the department, said Wichai Pochanakit, the department’s director-general. The order became effective on February 6. As of February 11, there were 40 requests for permission to export 18.5 million units of face masks and more requests are expected. 

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30382031

 

Isn't that the same DIT department head who Prayut supposedly just fired a few days back?

 

The answer to that question is.... YES!!!

 

Quote

Internal Trade Department director-general, Mr. Vichai Pochanakit, has been transferred to assist at the Prime Minister’s Office, pending an investigation into complaints of hoarding and overcharging of face masks.

 

 

Edited March 18, 20206 yr by TallGuyJohninBKK

4 hours ago, Just Weird said:

What's the point in your showing all that information for a company that was not doing anything illegal?

Scumbags is what they are. Hospital staff in Thailand can’t get masks yet the country is exporting them. You actually believe the company was not hoarding them and have all the correct papers to legally and ethically export them. Everyone knows  the Thai Customs are crooks and in bed with the Thai hoodlums who call themselves the government. 

On 3/17/2020 at 1:21 PM, LEXUS 400 said:

3,2 million masker , verd 5,1 million baht ????.

yep, and that is that is with PROFITS off course

My wife bought a box of 50 masks a month ago for 90 baht, i.e. 1.8 baht per mask. so the declared value looks right.

 

Now, the export documents may be 'legal', but were they OBTAINED legally? The potential profits when resold in the states would allow for a very fat brown envelope.

 

 

3 hours ago, Tongjaw said:

7 hours ago, Just Weird said:

What's the point in your showing all that information for a company that was not doing anything illegal?

Scumbags is what they are. Hospital staff in Thailand can’t get masks yet the country is exporting them. You actually believe the company was not hoarding them and have all the correct papers to legally and ethically export them. Everyone knows  the Thai Customs are crooks and in bed with the Thai hoodlums who call themselves the government. 

They have been bought by a US company from a private company, not from the Thai government, so "the country" is not exporting them.   The order is at the port awaiting shipment so presumably the order was placed some time ago, and, yes, they do have the export licence, whether you like or choose to believe it or not. 

 

They are not being "hoarded", at least there are no allegations of hoarding so far (Thaivisa posters' Thai-bashing, unfounded sentiments don't count as there is rarely any empirical evidence to justify bashers' accusations).

 

Your claim that "everyone knows the Thai Customs are crooks and in bed with the Thai hoodlums who call themselves the government" is a stereotypical Thaivisa member comment that, in your case especially, means nothing as the Customs Department is part of the government! 

 

Whether you like it or not, there is a huge, genuine business in Thailand of exporting to other countries, without which Thailand couldn't survive and, so far, this export appears to be one of them and that doesn't, so far, make them scumbags.  It may turn out, if more investigation is justified, that your rant is right but, so far, you're not.

10 hours ago, Just Weird said:

They have been bought by a US company from a private company, not from the Thai government, so "the country" is not exporting them.   The order is at the port awaiting shipment so presumably the order was placed some time ago, and, yes, they do have the export licence, whether you like or choose to believe it or not. 

 

They are not being "hoarded", at least there are no allegations of hoarding so far (Thaivisa posters' Thai-bashing, unfounded sentiments don't count as there is rarely any empirical evidence to justify bashers' accusations).

 

Your claim that "everyone knows the Thai Customs are crooks and in bed with the Thai hoodlums who call themselves the government" is a stereotypical Thaivisa member comment that, in your case especially, means nothing as the Customs Department is part of the government! 

 

Whether you like it or not, there is a huge, genuine business in Thailand of exporting to other countries, without which Thailand couldn't survive and, so far, this export appears to be one of them and that doesn't, so far, make them scumbags.  It may turn out, if more investigation is justified, that your rant is right but, so far, you're not.

You have your opinion and myself and others On TV have ours. No Thai bashing here only Thai government bashing.  
Maybe it’s a private company but they are based in Thailand and as usual the Thai government will have it’s hand in the cookie jar. If you believe the customs when the said the correct paperwork was in place then you probably still believe in the tooth fairy. 

5 hours ago, Tongjaw said:

If you believe the customs when the said the correct paperwork was in place then you probably still believe in the tooth fairy. 

And with your having no evidence whatsoever that your assertion is correct, your allegation (and lame attempt at mocking) has even less credibility than the tooth fairy itself.