Province Chamber of Commerce
         Is the chamber of commerce that consists of members who are residents of that province that the chamber of commerce is located and have to be natural persons or company or partnership who are Thai shareholders and the businessmen about trading, industries, agriculture, finance or economy or any organization that has Thai people for members more than half of the whole members.
          We can say that it is the Thai chamber of commerce mostly.
Any organization that has more foreigners than Thai is only the member addition of province chamber of commerce.

In Thailand there are 4 categories of chamber of commerce:
1. Province chamber of commerce
2. Thai chamber of commerce
3. Foreign chamber of commerce 
4. Chamber of commerce organization of Thailand 
          For Phuket chamber of commerce, consists of a group of businessmen who co-ordinate and has the permission to organize and register as a chamber of commerce on 17 Nov. 1983 and was a member of Thai chamber of commerce on 27 Nov. 1985.

Purposes :
Phuket chamber of commerce has purposes as follow:
1. Supporting any businesses for the benefit of trading industries, finance, and economics in Phuket for example:
     - Collecting statistic, announcement of trading information, researching about commerce and economics.
     - Supporting tourism industry.
     - Product originals are certification 
     - Quality of products standardization 
     - Products exhibitions 
     - Judging the trading argument. 
2. Consulting and suggesting to members about commerce, industries, agriculture, finance, or economics and helping members about business operation.
3. Consulting and suggesting to Thai chamber of commerce and government to develop the province economics. 
4. Commercial coordination between businessmen and governmental offices.
5. To help and support community.
6. To operate other businesses as the law said for the duties of chamber of commerce.
7. Do not do any business or concern with politics at all.

Members categories:
1. Ordinary members consist of:
         1.1) Natural persons mean any shop that is registered by 
the Thai owner.
         1.2) Companies or limited partnership that have Thai shareholders more than the half of the fund    of investment.
         Member in (1.1) and (1.2) do the business about commerce, industries, agriculture, finance or economics.
         Agricultural people mean the organization that has Thai members more than the half of all members and Thai members have house registration or offices in Phuket area.
2. Special members are any organizations that are located outside Phuket area.
3. Additional members are:
       3.1) Natural persons who are not Thai 
       3.2) Companies or limited partnership that are not Thai
       3.3) Commercial organization that most of members are foreigners
       3.4) Labor organization
       3.5) Other organization (according to other laws)
4. Honorable members are ex-presidents of chamber of commerce, sponsors of chamber of commerce that boards of chamber of commerce invite them to be members and they accept.

Benefit from being members:
          Members of chamber of commerce can participate in activities of the organization including using the services of chamber of commerce as follow:
1. Members can complain to ask for help from chamber of commerce to solve problems of business (direct effect to public)
2. Members of chamber of commerce will get information from the chamber of commerce.
3. Company list of members will be registered and distributed in the registration of chamber of commerce. 
4. Members will have the privilege to participate in activities of chamber of commerce.
       4.1) Seminar or academic training
       4.2) Product exhibitions 
       4.3) Other activities

Member registration:
          By offering the application, document and there are at least 
2 members of chamber of commerce guaranteed. Broads of chamber of commerce will consider the application to accept as a member in the next meeting of chamber of commerce. First of all, after the committee accepts to have a new member the chamber of commerce will send a letter to inform applicants within 7 days from the meeting date. A new member has to pay for registration and the fee within 145 days from 
the letter receiving date.

Registration and member fee payment:
          All members can make the registration payment and member fee by cash or check by mail to Phuket chamber of commerce as the rate following:
1. Ordinary members:
         Registration fee 1,000 Baht 
         Chamber of commerce fees 500 Baht per year 
         (for natural persons)
         But for companies or limited partnership:
         Registration fee 1,000 Baht
         Chamber of commerce fees 500 Baht per year
2. Special members:
         Registration fee 1,000 Baht 
         Chamber of commerce fees 500 Baht per year 
3. Additional members:
         Registration fee 1,000 Baht 
         Chamber of commerce fees 500 Baht per year 
4. Honorable members: 
         No registration fee 
         No chamber of commerce fee