THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Activity

17012

Manufacture of paper and paperboard

นำเข้า แปรรูป เพื่อจัดจำหน่ายทั้งปลีกและขายส่ง เพื่อใช้เองและส่งออก สินค้าประเภทกระดาษซับลิเมชั่น กระดาษทรานเฟอร์ กระดาษหนังสือพิมพ์ เครื่องรีดร้อน เครื่องพิมพ์ อุปกรณ์ อะไหล่ ที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการทำสกี

What this activity covers

This activity involves the manufacture and processing of paper and paperboard for various applications.

  • Paper and paperboard — Manufacture of paper and paperboard for further processing
  • Processing paper — Processing of paper and paperboard
  • Coated paper — Coating and impregnating paper
  • Crepe paper — Making crepe paper
  • Hand-made paper — Manufacture of hand-made paper
  • Newsprint — Manufacture of newsprint and writing paper
  • Cellulose products — Manufacture of cellulose wadding or sheets

What companies here also do

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

  • Printed materials — Produce and distribute printed materials
  • Paper products — Manufacture and sell various paper products
  • Corrugated boxes — Produce corrugated boxes
  • Wood pulp — Produce and sell wood pulp
  • Sublimation paper — Import and process sublimation paper

Not included here

  • Manufacture of plastic-coated paper. See activity 22299.
  • Production of foil-coated paper. See activity 25999.
  • Manufacture of paper for use in scrubbing, see activity 23991

Industry at a glance

as of 23 ก.ค. 69

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

238
active companies operate here
฿36.5Bregistered capital, combined
฿133.6B
Sector revenue · 2025
-2% since 2023
฿7.6B
Net profit · 2025
128 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

Foreign investment

new registrations · 2026 YTD
52%of new registered capital is foreign-held
฿5.5M foreign฿5.0M Thai

Based on few new registrations this year — read as a rough signal only.

New in 2026

4+0.0%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿36.5B+26.7%

since year-end

Largest by registered capital

  1. 1Thai Paper Products Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿7.8B
  2. 2Double A (1991) Public Company LimitedPrachin Buri฿4.1B
  3. 3Thai Cane Paper Public Company LimitedKanchanaburi฿3.6B

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.

27
Registered
since 2022
26
Still active
1
Dissolved
฿2.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2022peak 13 in 20232026

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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