1. Exporter contacts carrier to reserve cargo space and vessel. Booking request can be prepared in various forms depending on the shipping line. For some shipping lines, a booking of cargo space and vessel can be done through online reservation system. For those that do not have such system, the booking is done over the phone, fax, or email. 2. Carrier acknowledges the booking request by returning draft Bill of Lading to exporter. 3. Exporter reviews draft Bill of Lading and determines if its content reflects what exporter needs. If it does not, exporter informs carrier that draft Bill of Lading requires further revision. 4. Once correct draft Bill of Lading is received, exporter contacts inland haulage to schedule a pick-up of an empty container from carrier‟s container yard, a delivery of that empty container to exporter‟s warehouse, and a return of stuffed container to container yard for loading. The booking request is often done over phone, fax, and email. 5. Inland haulage acknowledges the booking request by returning a booking confirmation to an exporter or representative. 6. Exporter reviews booking confirmation and determines if its content reflects what exporter needs. If it does not, exporter informs inland haulage that revision of booking confirmation is needed. 7. Exporter acknowledges a receipt of correct booking confirmation.

1. Exporter prepares Export Declaration in e-Export system based on data from the following documents. – Commercial Invoice – Permit for the Export of Rice (A. 4) – Draft Bill of Lading Exporters then electronically submits Export Declaration to Royal Thai Customs. 2. Royal Thai Customs, by e-Export system, determines if submitted Export Declaration meets Customs requirements. If it does not, e-Export system generates a message named Declaration Reject to notify exporter about the error(s) in the Export Declaration. It is important that exporter revises Export Declaration accordingly. If submitted Export Declaration meets Customs requirements, e-Export system generates a message named Declaration Accept which contains a reference number of accepted Export Declaration and the amount of duty (if any) to be paid by exporter. 3. Exporter acknowledges successful submission of Export Declaration upon the receipt of Declaration Accept. 4. Royal Thai Customs, by e-Export system, determines if there is a duty to be collected. If there is no duty to be collected, Royal Thai Customs, by e-Export system, skips activity 2.5.5-2.5.8 and updates the status of Declaration to „Export Declaration with Export Tax Exemption. It should be noted that, according to Notification of Ministry of finance No. SK. 1/2531, all kinds of rice are exempted from export tax. 5. If there is a duty to be collected, Royal Thai Customs, by e-Export system, sends Payment Order to request Exporter‟s bank to transfer the amount of duty that exporter owes to Customs‟ bank. 6. Upon the receipt of Payment Order, exporter‟s bank transfers the notified amount to Customs‟ bank and informs Customs‟ bank about the transfer of duty payment. 7. Customs‟ bank acknowledges the duty payment that has been transferred to Royal Thai Customs‟ saving account and issues Credit Advice to inform Royal Thai Customs. 8. Royal Thai Customs, by e-Export system, acknowledges the receipt of duty payment and generates the receipt number for exporter to keep as a reference. 9. Exporter acknowledges that Royal Thai Customs has successfully received the payment for duty. 10. Royal Thai Customs, by e-Export system, updates the status of Export Declaration.

1. Driver of an inland haulage transfer an empty container to exporter‟s premise. 2. Exporter prepares jasmine rice to be stuffed according to the Packing List. 3. Officer from Office of Commodity Standards randomly selects the case to go monitor the inspection. 4. Authorized private inspector collects sample of jasmine rice from the consignment specified in registered MS. 13/1. When collect jasmine rice sample, authorized private inspector also keeps the sample for further inspection in a laboratory. The sample is divided into three portions. The first portion is for the authorized private inspector. The other two is for an exporter and Office of Commodity Standards to keep as a reference. The sample has to be delivered to Office of Commodity Standards in 7 days after the collection. 5. Authorized private inspector then inspects the physical condition of jasmine rice. 6. Authorized private inspector determines the quality of sampled jasmine rice based on the result of physical inspection. If the actual quality does not meet the condition specified in registered MS. 13/1, exporter has to bring in a new lot of jasmine rice. The new lot of jasmine rice is also subject to a similar inspection process. 7. In a selected case, officer from Office of Commodity Standards also monitors the inspection of jasmine rice‟s physical condition. 8. If the actual quality of sampled jasmine rice meet the condition specified in registered MS. 13/1, exporter can then stuff the jasmine rice into a container. 9. Officer from Department of Agriculture randomly selects the case to go monitor the fumigation. 10. When container stuffing is completed, authorized private inspector fumigates the cargo. The fumigation of jasmine rice in 20-foot container using Aluminium Phosphide costs 1,100 THB for the first container and 650 THB for the second container onward. The fumigation of jasmine rice in 20-foot container using Methyl Bromide costs 2,000 THB per container. Transportation fee is included. If the fumigation is not conducted during the working hours (8.00-17.00), overtime fee will be charged. The rate varies from 500-1,000 THB per shipment per day. 11. In a selected case, officer from Department of Agriculture also monitors the fumigation. 12. Authorized private inspector records the chemical and the method used in the fumigation in Registered PQ. 9 and issues Certificate of Fumigation. 13. Exporter then closes and seals the container after the fumigation is completed. 14. Authorized private inspector conducts a laboratory examination on sample jasmine rice and records the result of analysis in Registered MS. 13/1 and Certificate of Analysis. 15. Authorized private inspector determines the quality of sampled jasmine rice based on lab results. If the result of analysis informs that the quality of sample jasmine rice is below what has already been agreed upon by an importer, exporter has to bring in a new lot of jasmine rice. The new lot of jasmine rice has to go through activity 2.7.3 – 2.7.15 again until the laboratory examination yields desirable results. If the result of analysis is satisfactory, authorized private inspector completes MS. 13/1 and issues 2 copies of Certificate of Analysis. One copy of Certificate of Analysis is to be given to Office of Commodity Standards in 5 days after its issuance. Completed MS. 13/1 and original copy of Certificate of Analysis are to be given to exporter. According to Rice Export Manual prepared by Department of Foreign Trade, the inspection of jasmine rice from the first container costs 1,500 THB. From the second container onward, the service charge is calculated per ton. The costs inspection per ton is 18 THB. 16. Office of Commodity Standards acknowledges a receipt of Certificate of Analysis. 17. Exporter or representative then submits completed MS. 13/1 and Certificate of Analysis to officer from Board of Trade of Thailand to request the issuance of Certificate of Product Standards (MS. 24/1). 18. An officer from Board of Trade of Thailand issues three copies of MS. 24/1. The last copy is to be kept by Board of Trade of Thailand. The issuance of MS. 24/1 for exporter costs 100 THB. 19. The first copy is to be collected by exporter. 20. The second copy is to be sent to Office of Commodity Standards.

1. Driver of inland haulage transfers the container to the location in the terminal specified in Equipment Interchange Receipt. 2. Port staff stacks the container at the terminal using the equipments that have already been prepared after issuing the Equipment Interchange Receipt towards the end of “transfer to port of departure” business process. 3. Carrier agent coordinates the handling of container at the terminal with port staff. 4. Port staff then records date and time when the container is stacked. 5. Carrier agent prepares Container Loading List for Port Authority and Container List Message for Royal Thai Customs. The content of these two documents is almost identical. These two documents have to be submitted to Port Authority and Customs three hours prior to the loading time. If there are changes in the list of containers, changes must be informed to relevant parties prior to the loading time as well. 6. Based on Container Loading List, Port staff, through the handheld device, allocates equipment necessary for transferring containers to berth. 7. Port staff coordinates with carrier agent on a transfer of container to berth. 8. Carrier agent coordinates with port staff on a transfer of container to berth. 9. Port staff transfers container from the terminal to berth. 10. Based on Container Loading List, carrier agent instructs port staff about the location of each container on a vessel. 11. Port staff stows containers on vessel according to carrier agent‟s instruction. 12. Port staff then records a number of containers stowed on vessel upon the completion of the task. 13. Based on Container Loading List and a number of containers stowed on vessel recorded, port staff prepares Outward Container List. 14. Carrier agent verifies Outward Container List received from port staff.. 15. Carrier agent acknowledges and approves the correct Outward Container List. If Outward Container List is incorrect, carrier agent needs to inform port staff about the revision needed. 16. Port staff determines port charges and informs carrier agent the amount of charges to be paid. 17. Carrier agent then acknowledges the amount of service charge to be paid to Port Authority. 18. Once all the containers are on board, carrier agent issues Bill of Lading for an exporter. 19. Exporter receives Bill of Lading from carrier agent. 20. Carrier agent is also required to fulfill customs data requirements by submitting the following items in customs format to customs information system. – The actual date and time of departure – Container Tally Sheet (within 72 hours after the departure) – Manifest (within 6 days after receiving Receive Control Number) 21. Once Customs officer receives Manifest from carrier agent, he or she verifies the information of containers on board with submitted Export declarations and Goods Transition It should be noted that in addition to Outward Container List, port staff summarizes container movement activities in Container Gate-in/Gate-out Report Message (CODECO) and Container Discharge/Loading Report Message (COARRI). These messages are sent to carrier agent every morning in either an EDI File or a Text File.

1. Exporter prepares documents necessary for the application of Certificates used in import formalities. To apply for Phytosanitary Certificate, exporter in person submits the following documents at Department of Agriculture. – Bill of Lading – Completed Application for Phytosanitary Certificate (PQ. 9) – Certificate of Fumigation To apply for Certificate of Origin, exporter needs to submit the following documents: – Commercial Invoice – Certified-true-copy Bill of Lading – Letter of Credit – Certificate of Standard of Products (MS. 24/1) – Completed Application for Certificate of Origin – Draft Certificate of Origin The submission of an application for Certificate of Origin can be done electronically. Exporter who has already registered with either Department of Foreign Trade of Thai Chamber of Commerce can fill in required data in the provided online Application form. 2. Upon the receipt of the application and supplementary documents, officer from Department of Agriculture reviews them and determines if they meet Department of Agriculture‟s requirements. If they do not, officer from Department of Agriculture informs exporter where revision is needed. Exporter then revises the documents accordingly. 3. If submitted documents meet Department of Agriculture‟s requirements, officer from Department of Agriculture issues and authenticates Phytosanitary Certificate. 4. To apply for Certificate of Origin, exporter first decides whether he or she would like to submit the application through the system of Department of Foreign Trade or of Thai Chamber of Commerce. 5. If exporter chooses the system of Thai Chamber of Commerce, he or she needs to upload supplementary documents, i.e., Commercial Invoice, Certified-true-copy Bill of Lading, Letter of Credit, and Certificate of Standard of Products (MS. 24/1) as attached files prior to submitting the application to Thai Chamber of Commerce. Upon the receipt of the application and supplementary documents, officer from Thai Chamber of Commerce reviews them and determines if they meet Department of Foreign Trade‟s requirements. If they do not, officer from Thai Chamber of Commerce informs exporter where revision is needed. Exporter then revises the documents accordingly. 6. If submitted documents meet Department of Foreign Trade‟s requirements, officer from Thai Chamber of Commerce approves the issuance of Certificate of Origin. 7. Exporter sees if he or she has already purchased Certificate of Origin printing paper. 8. If exporter has Certificate of Origin printing paper, he or she can print Certificate of Origin from an office printer right away. 9. In a case where exporter does not have Certificate of Origin printing paper, officer from Thai Chamber of Commerce can print it. 10. If exporter chooses to apply for Certificate of Origin through the system of Department of Foreign Trade, in addition to entering required data in the provided online Application form, he or she needs to spell out supplementary documents. No attachment of those documents is needed. Upon the receipt of the application and supplementary documents, officer from Department of Foreign Trade reviews them and determines if they meet Department of Foreign Trade‟s requirements. If they do not, officer from Department of Foreign Trade informs exporter where revision is needed. Exporter then revises the documents accordingly. 11. If the submitted application and supplementary documents meet Department of Foreign Trade‟s requirements, officer from Department of Foreign Trade issues and authenticates Certificate of Origin. 12. Certificate of Origin can be collected 6 working hours after the application is submitted. For example, if the application is submitted at 9.00, the Certificate should be ready for a pick-up by 16.00. There is no fee involving in the issuance of Certificate of Origin. Phytosanitary Certificate, on the other hand, can be collected a few hours after the application is submitted. The issuance of Phytosanitary Certificate costs 50 THB.

1. Importer applies for Letter of Credit by submitting Application for Irrevocable Documnetary Letter of Credit and Proforma Invoice to importer‟s bank. 2. Importer‟s bank reviews submitted documents and evaluates importer‟s credit standing. 3. If importer‟s credit is in good standing, importer‟s bank approves the application, issues Letter of Credit, and forward it to exporter‟s bank by electronic means. 4. Exporter‟s bank establishes authenticity of the letter of credit and informs exporter that Letter of Credit is ready for collection. 5. Exporter collects Letter of Credit and determines if it meets contractual agreement and its terms and conditions can be satisfied. 6. If exporter finds Letter of Credit unacceptable, he or she needs to consult exporter‟s bank. 7. Exporter‟s bank consults importer‟s bank. 8. Importer‟s bank then consults importer on the amendment of Letter of Credit. 9. If exporter finds the already issued Letter of Credit acceptable, he or she makes necessary arrangements for the delivery of goods.