Exporters sign up to anti-WMD proliferation trade controlsA total of eighty-two companies and individuals are interested in setting up an internal compliance programme (ICP) scheme to prevent trade activities pertaining to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) under the Trade Controls on Weapons of Mass Destruction Related Items Act (TCWMD Act). Dhadchyarbhon Abhimontejchbud, deputy director-general of the DFT, said those companies and individuals are likely to officially submit their applications to the department next month. The department is expected to finish appraising and evaluating applicants’ qualifications and be able to announce qualified applicants this year, he said. Without the ICP scheme, their goods may be halted or held back by the government’s order. It is important that the entrepreneurs have to be concerned about their buyers and the destinations of their products’ end-users,” said Mr Dhadchyarbhon.
