Thailand to Impose Export Controls on Dual-Use Goods
Thailand’s commerce ministry recently announced plans to impose catch-all controls on exports, reexports and transfers of dual-use goods, technology and software that may threaten the country’s security, KPMG said Oct. 1. The measure, which will take effect at year's end, will apply export controls to any dual-use goods that may be used to develop, manufacture or are otherwise associated with weapons of mass destruction, KPMG said. The country’s Department of Foreign Trade will investigate exports that meet that threshold and can “block any shipment of dual-use items that will be delivered to a high-risk end-user if the shipment of dual-use items is classified as risky and requiring control.” The agency also will be able to “block all activities in relation to such dual-use items.”
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Thailand’s announcement also includes information on effective compliance programs. Those programs should have screening tools, employee training, recordkeeping and auditing procedures, and reporting requirements, KPMG said. Although the announcement doesn’t include a penalty for noncompliance, KPMG said, an “internal compliance program certified exporter” could benefit from mitigated penalties if they are investigated by Thailand’s trade department or authorities in importing countries.