The Board of Investment (BOI) announced various incentives for an extended range of businesses involved in the manufacture of printed circuit boards (PCB), including:
- Exemption from corporate income tax for up to eight years
- Exemption from import duties on machinery
- Exemption from import duties on raw materials used in production for export
- Other non-tax incentives, such as permission to bring in skilled workers and experts to work in investment-promoted activities, and permission to own land
The extended range of PCB-related businesses include those involved in:
- Production of raw materials essential for PCB production, such as copper clad laminate, flexible copper clad laminate, and prepreg
- PCB manufacturing support, including lamination, drilling, plating, and routing
- Production of materials such as dry film, transfer film, and backup board, for use in PCB manufacturing
Read a May 2024 report prepared by the KPMG member firm in Thailand