THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Activity

16102

Drying, impregnation or chemical treatment of wood

ผลิต อัด อบแห้ง แปรรูปไม้ยางพารา

What this activity covers

This activity involves drying and chemically treating wood to enhance its quality and durability.

  • Wood drying — Process of removing moisture from wood
  • Chemical treatment — Applying chemicals to wood for preservation
  • Impregnation — Infusing wood with materials for protection
  • Pest control — Using treatments to manage wood pests

What companies here also do

Seen in real company registrations under this code — beyond the official definition, so licensing may differ.

  • Wood processing — Activities like planing and shaping wood
  • Product manufacturing — Creating finished wood products

Not included here

  • Fumigation or fumigation of containers made from used wood. See activity 81293.

Foreign ownership

List 1: Closed to foreign majorityinherited from 161

Forestry and timber processing from a natural forest

List 1 covers natural-forest activities only. Forestry from a grown (replanted) forest is a List 3 activity.

FBA B.E. 2542, List 1 (4)
List 2: Restricted, Cabinet routeinherited from 16

Timber processing for the production of furniture and utensils

Mapped broadly to wood processing and furniture manufacture divisions; the item is limited to timber processing for furniture and utensils.

FBA B.E. 2542, List 2, Chapter 3 (13)Routes: Cabinet permission, US Treaty of Amity

Auto-mapped, verify against the Act. These TSIC mappings are indicative, not legal advice; the schedules of the Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 are the authority. See the full foreign ownership reference.

Industry at a glance

as of 23 ก.ค. 69

The whole registered industry under this activity, every registration year, from the DBD DataWarehouse.

44
active companies operate here
฿767.5Mregistered capital, combined
฿5.8B
Sector revenue · 2025
-8% since 2023
฿-113226234
Net profit · 2025
14 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

New in 2026

0-100.0%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿767.5M+20.0%

since year-end

Largest by revenue

Latest filed-year revenue, not a multi-year total

  1. 1SDT Parawood Co., Ltd.฿1.0B
  2. 2A.P.C. Wood Co., Ltd.฿604.1M
  3. 3Tao Li Parawood Co., Ltd.฿603.9M
  4. 4Sahakij Trat Co., Ltd.฿337.8M
  5. 5Harmony United Co., Ltd.฿330.9M

Largest by registered capital

  1. 1Sutthra Land Co., Ltd.Rayong฿150.0M
  2. 2Paradome Co., Ltd.Songkhla฿100.0M
  3. 3Green River Wood and Lumber Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.intlSongkhla฿100.0M

Source: Department of Business Development DataWarehouse. Financial figures are combined totals of companies that filed statements; revenue and profit shown for the latest three reporting years.

Companies registered since 2022

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New DBD registrations under this activity since 2022, the period the registry snapshot covers, not the full historical register.

5
Registered
since 2022
5
Still active
0
Dissolved
฿4.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2022peak 2 in 20232025

Largest active companies by registered capital

Source: Department of Business Development (DBD) new-registration records, 2022 to present. Counts cover companies first registered in that window, reflect the latest snapshot load, and may lag the live register.

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