Law on Industrial Processing. Country/Territory Lao, People's Dem. Rep. Document type Legislation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Forestry, Cultivated plants, General Keyword Framework law Agricultural commodities Agricultural development Processing/handling Inspection Financial agricultural measures Fiscal and market measures Agro-forestry Cooperative/producer organization Smallholders/peasants Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries, South-Eastern Asia Abstract This Law determines principles, regulations, and measures relating to the establishment, operations, and administration of industrial and handicrafts processing activities in order to expand the processing and handicrafts industry, interrelate the processing industry with agro-forestry, transform the natural economy of farmers into a goodsbased economy, interrelate the economic structures of the agro-forestry, industry and services to increase the living standards of the multiethnic people. Full text English Website www.wto.org