From the gathering Merchants in May 1961, the merchants from Thailand, China, and Japan have reached
an agreement to establish the association under the name of " The Union Textile Merchants association of
Thailand " which is under the control of the Tradeb Institutions Division, the Department of Internal Trade,
the Ministry of Commerce
The role of the Association on the provision of assistance to its members on those days focused on the customs, the Revenue Department, and the trade dispute as most of the textile merchants imported fabric or bought fabric from the import companies or from the forign companies' agents which have established in Thailand. Later, Thailand can produce its textile products without importing it from aboard and the thread spinning and textile factories have been established more in Thailand. The fabric has been dyed, printed and processed into new textile products with special technique, so the Revenue Department ha interpreted the word, "produce" in an attempt to fully collect the business tax. The Association (with the help of the Revenue Department) has explained and indicated to the members so that the will correctly pay the production tax.
Later in 1966, the Trade Asociation Act prohibited to use the word, " of Thailand " Attached to the name of the association. Therefore, the name of the association has been renewed into " The Union Textile Merchants Association ( UTMA )
Or THAI TEXTILE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION (TMA) " since June 6, 1967 onwards and were names of the chairman of the Associate as Follows :
- Mr. Chai Chotprasit; during 1961 to 1969.
- Mr. Suwan Varikarn ; during 1970 to 1983.
- Mr. Prawat Kaitraungkit ; during 1984 to 1990.
- Mr. Sawat Chantavijit ; during 1991 to 1992.
- Mr. Suksavasdi Srisuphonvanij ; during 1992 to April,2000.
- Mr. Suraphol Tiyavacharapong ; during 2000 to April , 2004.
- Mr. Thavon Tantisirivit; during At the present.
At present, THAI TEXTILE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION ( The Union Textile Merchants Association ) is the medium to cope with exchange of information and dta resources of both local and aboard in an attempt to spread to its mrmbers to operate the joint benefit in an attempt to help solving its members' dificulties such as the labor law, or the value added tax law and so on. To implement Knowledge to its members for the use of garment and textile businesses in an attempt to increase the capacity of working on both production, marketing and the investment, the seminar on textile and others has been held in order to educate them how to contact with the concerned official unit, the Federation of Thai Industries, the Board of Trae of Thailand, the Chambers of Commmerce of both local and overseas, Thailand Textile Institute, and the Thai Textile Manufacturing Association and others as well as the trade representatives group from many countries and agreement with the persons in thsame circle and for the most joint benefit.
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