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December 2019 - Ms. Duangjai
Asawachintachit, Secretary General of the Board of Investment (BOI), at a press
conference held after a board meeting chaired by Prime Minister Gen. Prayut
Chan-o-cha, announced that the meeting had approved revised incentives for
investment in the Eastern Economic Corridor (“EEC”). The new package extends
privileges to investments located outside industrial estates or promoted
industrial zones, and offers additional tax incentives to projects in the
targeted activities located in the EEC which are engaged in human resource
development programs.
The Board also approved four large-scale projects, including an ethanol production project, two automobile and motorcycle tyre production projects and a scrap and waste metal extraction project. The four projects have a combined investment value of 30.17 billion baht.