TC Network for Exporters in Koh Samui

Why exporters join

For people shipping goods out of Thailand. Topics range from export documentation (Certificate of Origin Form D under ASEAN trade agreements, RCEP preferential routes, BOI export-promotion benefits), payment terms with foreign buyers (where letters of credit are still worth the cost and where T/T or open account works), and which destination-market certifications buyers in the US, EU, Japan, and China actually demand. Members share which Thai trade-financing banks have the lowest friction and which freight contracts are negotiable.

Why Koh Samui

Koh Samui is the largest island in the Gulf of Thailand, in Surat Thani province. The local economy is dominated by tourism: hotels, villa rentals, food and beverage, and tour operators, with property development and seasonal services in tow. Foreign-owned hospitality businesses are the largest single category here. Company registration and work-permit filings route through Surat Thani provincial offices for some items and through Bangkok for everything BOI-related or Foreign-Business-Act-related. Operators on the island typically keep an agent on the mainland for the slower-moving paperwork.

Reference reading

Operators on the ground in Thailand keep these references close. Free to read, no membership required.

• Thailand company registration
• Thailand work permit
• Thailand BOI promotion
• Thailand Smart Visa
• Thailand Foreign Business Act

Inside the network

Joining puts you in vetted WhatsApp groups with operators who run businesses in Thailand. The conversations between members are the product. Pick a plan on the homepage.