THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Activity

46318

Wholesale of coffee, tea and cocoa

ประกอบกิจการ ซื้อ ขาย นำเข้า ส่งออก เมล็ดกาแฟ กาแฟคั่ว สารกาแฟ (กาแฟดิบ) และกาแฟอื่นๆ ทุกชนิด ทุกสายพันธุ์

What this activity covers

Wholesale trade of coffee, tea, mate, and cocoa products.

  • Coffee wholesale — Wholesale of coffee beans and related products
  • Tea wholesale — Wholesale of tea leaves and related products
  • Cocoa wholesale — Wholesale of cocoa paste, butter, fat, and powder
  • Herbal tea wholesale — Wholesale of herbal teas and mate
  • Non-ready-to-drink beverages — Wholesale of semi-instant tea and coffee products

What companies here also do

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

  • Import and export — Importing and exporting coffee, tea, and cocoa products
  • Retail of related products — Selling coffee, tea, and cocoa-related items
  • Production of tea and coffee — Producing and packaging tea and coffee products

Not included here

  • Wholesale of coffee, tea and ready-to-drink herbal teas. View 46322 activities.

Foreign ownership

List 3: Restricted, FBL/BOI route availableinherited from 46

Wholesale of goods of all kinds, where the minimum capital per store is below the level prescribed in the Act

Not a hard restriction — only applies while under-capitalised. A foreign-majority wholesaler is exempt from this List 3 item (no Foreign Business Licence needed) once minimum registered capital reaches the Act's threshold, typically THB 100 million per store. Verify current ministerial-regulation figures.

FBA B.E. 2542, List 3 (15)Routes: Foreign Business Licence, BOI promotion, 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.

฿17.6B
Sector revenue · 2025
+29% since 2023
฿182.6M
Net profit · 2025
413 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

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.

347
Registered
since 2022
318
Still active
29
Dissolved
฿1.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2022peak 85 in 20222026

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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