Customs Department กรมศุลกากร
Flag of the Thai Customs Department
Agency overview
Formed	4 July 1874
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Thailand
Specialist jurisdiction	Customs, excise and gambling.
Operational structure
Headquarters	Bangkok, Thailand
Agency executive	Theeraj Athanavanich[1], Director-General
Parent agency	Ministry of Finance
Website
www.customs.go.th

The Customs Department, also called the Thai Customs,^[2] is the customs department of Thailand under the Ministry of Finance.

History

On 4 July 1874, King Chulalongkorn established Hor Ratsadakorn Pipat to collect all types of tax and become a form of Custom Department. Since the customs policy was complicated, the Customs Department developed the organization and management to be more effective by corporate the department under the control of the Ministry of Finance by Finance Minister of Thailand.^[3][4]

Organizational structure