Second Hand Car Trading in Thailand: Policies and Well-Being
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Abstract
This paper reviews the situation of second car trading in Thailand covering on various aspects. First of
all, the imports of second hand car to Thailand are limited by laws that cannot serve the commercial
purpose. One importer can import only one used vehicles for the personal purpose for example for
those used by himself, used in organization, or temporary uses in case the car’s owners much live in
Thailand for a certain period of time. This paper also extends the consumer sentiment as well as impact
of second hand car market to Thailand’s economic and social wellbeing. In addition, the analysis of
environmental concerned of second hand cars including regulation and law imposed by the Thai
government are discussed. The government regulations on the environmental issues are discussed on
both the standard of emission, inspection, and current environmental controlled by the government
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