Ministry of Commerce (Thailand)

Ministry of Commerce

กระทรวงพาณิชย์
Seal of Vishvakarman by Prince Narisara Nuwattiwong
Ministry Building in 2021
Ministry overview
Formed	August 20, 1920; 104 years ago (1920-08-20)
Jurisdiction	Government of Thailand
Headquarters	Mueang Nonthaburi, Nonthaburi
Annual budget	6,889 million baht (FY2019)
Minister responsible	Pichai Naripthaphan, Minister
Deputy Ministers responsible	Napinthorn Srisanpang, Deputy Minister Suchart Chomklin, Deputy Minister
Ministry executive	Vuttikrai Leewiraphan, Permanent Secretary
Website	moc.go.th/en (English) moc.go.th/th (Thai)

The Ministry of Commerce (Abrv: MOC; Thai: กระทรวงพาณิชย์, RTGS: Krasuang Phanit) is a cabinet ministry in the government of Thailand. The Minister of Commerce is a member of the Cabinet of Thailand. The ministry is responsible for trade, prices of important agricultural goods, consumer protection, entrepreneurship, insurance, intellectual property protection, exports, and representing Thailand at the World Trade Organization. The Ministry of Commerce was established by royal command of King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) on August 20, 1920, by raising the Department of Commerce and Statistics in the Ministry of Finance to a ministry called the Commerce Dissemination Council. Prince Kitiyakara Voralaksana, the older half-brother of King Vajiravudh was appointed as the first president of the council, with a status equivalent to that of a minister. The ministry moved to its present premises in Nonthaburi in 1989.