Government’s new liquor production edict only benefiting brew pubs

[webfact]

 

Pubs which brew their own craft beers will benefit the most from the government’s new edict on alcoholic beverages and their number is expected to increase, while small investors who want to produce liquor or beer will find it difficult to enter the market, due to new restrictions imposed by the edict, according to a professor who specialises in the liquor industry.

 

Assistant Professor Charoen Charoenchai, of the Faculty of Agricultural Technology at the Rajamangala University of Thanyaburi, told Thai PBS that the edict gives an impression that the state has removed several restrictions, allowing individuals to produce alcoholic beverages for household consumption and commercial purposes, in an attempt to break up the liquor production oligopoly.

 

For instance, he said that restrictions on minimum registered capital and minimum amount of production have been lifted for new investors, but some new restrictions were introduced, such as the requirement for new investors to conduct environmental impact assessment studies and install standard machinery which records tax payments for the alcoholic beverages they produce.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/governments-new-liquor-production-edict-only-benefiting-brew-pubs/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-11-03

 

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[JCauto]

So it sounded ominous, but in fact was actually just sensible regulation ensuring whomever is producing the booze doesn't just dump effluent in the local stream and pays tax on what they sell. That doesn't sound unfair to me. Was he hoping for a land of Lao Khao stills producing who knows what quality hooch and even more carnage on the roads?

 

So weird when this government does something sensible, just put it down to random luck I suppose.

[Elkski]

Not sure the latest rules when it passed are but the initial bill had numbers that would protect the monopolies so their influence was proven.  I doubt the passed bill is much better.  I'm all for home brewing and brew pubs.   But one better not brew more than he can afford to drink or give away for free or the exe will surely fall hard 

Edited November 3, 2022 by Elkski

[spidermike007]

This is highly regressive policy, and is bad for the nation. It keeps Thailand moving in a backwards direction. The Prayuth way. 

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

but some new restrictions were introduced, such as the requirement for new investors to conduct environmental impact assessment studies and install standard machinery which records tax payments for the alcoholic beverages they produce.

I don't see that as a restriction... more of a real business plan?