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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-000771 to Baiya International Group Inc. (BIYA) (CIK 0001944712) (BIYA)

Baiya International Group Inc. (BIYA) (CIK 0001944712)
Date: Jan. 24, 2023 · CIK: 0001944712 · Accession: 0000000000-23-000771

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Date
January 24, 2023
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Baiya International Group Inc. (BIYA) (CIK 0001944712)

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United States securities and exchange commission logo January 24, 2023 Siyu Yang Chief Executive Officer Baiya International Group Inc. Yifang Capital Industrial Park No. 33 Pingshan Industrial Road, Building A, 16F Tangxia, Dongguan, Guangdong, China Re:Baiya International Group Inc. Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1 Submitted December 28, 2022 CIK No. 0001944712 Dear Siyu Yang: We have reviewed your amended draft registration statement and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to this letter by providing the requested information and either submitting an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration statement on EDGAR. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing the information you provide in response to these comments and your amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional comments. Draft Registration Statement Amendment submitted December 28, 2022 Use of Proceeds, page 69 1.We note your disclosure that you plan "to utilize 40% of the remaining offering proceeds to pursue suitable opportunities for business growth and expansion within the industry." If this includes pursuing acquisition opportunities, expand your disclosure to fully discuss your acquisition strategy, including the factors that you will consider in deciding whether or not to acquire a business. Please also revise to indicate any acquisition that are currently under consideration and describe them or, if none are currently under consideration, please state this.

FirstName LastNameSiyu Yang Comapany NameBaiya International Group Inc. January 24, 2023 Page 2 FirstName LastNameSiyu Yang Baiya International Group Inc. January 24, 2023 Page 2 Capitalization, page 71 2.The second bullet on page 71 portrays the 10,000,000 Ordinary Shares after giving effect to the issuance of an additional 9,900,000 Ordinary Shares, approved by the board of director of Baiya on December 15,2022, at $0.0001 par value, on a pro forma basis. However, the financial statements in the filing present the 10,000,000 shares retrospectively on an actual basis. Please revise or advise. Additionally, the last paragraph on page 71 refers to "pro forma as adjusted" information, but there is no column that corresponds to this designation. Please revise as appropriate or advise. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Results of Operations, page 77 3.In several places, you cite the impact of increased labor costs on your results. Please discuss the reason for the increased labor costs, and your expectations of this trend increasing and the impact on your future results. Refer to Item 5.D of Form 20-F. Licenses and Permits, page 117 4.We note your revised disclosure in response to comment 12. In the second paragraph of this section, you disclose that "Our PRC legal counsel, Jingtian & Gongcheng, has advised that as of the date of this prospectus, except for the foregoing, we have obtained all requisite licenses, permits, approvals and certificates from the relevant government authorities that are material for our, the VIE’s and the PRC operating entities’ business operations in the PRC [emphasis added]." Please remove the materiality qualifier from this disclosure. Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 2. Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates Revenue Recognition, page F-18 5.We note your response to comment 13 and reissue comment in part. Please further explain the arrangement you have with the 3rd party labor companies. Discuss whether you have any obligation to the 3rd party labor companies if the labor candidates provided were not selected by any of your customers. Also discuss if the labor is selected but needs vocation training, do the 3rd party labor companies have any obligation to provide any services. You may contact Nasreen Mohammed at 202-551-3773 or Doug Jones at 202-551- 3309 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Scott Anderegg at 202-551-3342 or Dietrich King at 202-551-8071 with any other questions.

FirstName LastNameSiyu Yang Comapany NameBaiya International Group Inc. January 24, 2023 Page 3 FirstName LastName Siyu Yang Baiya International Group Inc. January 24, 2023 Page 3 Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Trade & Services

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United States securities and exchange commission logo
January 24, 2023
Siyu Yang
Chief Executive Officer
Baiya International Group Inc.
Yifang Capital Industrial Park
No. 33 Pingshan Industrial Road, Building A, 16F
Tangxia, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Re:Baiya International Group Inc.
Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1
Submitted December 28, 2022
CIK No. 0001944712
Dear Siyu Yang:
            We have reviewed your amended draft registration statement and have the following
comments.  In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we
may better understand your disclosure.
            Please respond to this letter by providing the requested information and either submitting
an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration statement on
EDGAR.  If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances or do not
believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response.
            After reviewing the information you provide in response to these comments and your
amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional
comments.
Draft Registration Statement Amendment submitted December 28, 2022
Use of Proceeds, page 69
1.We note your disclosure that you plan "to utilize 40% of the remaining offering proceeds
to pursue suitable opportunities for business growth and expansion within the industry."
If this includes pursuing acquisition opportunities, expand your disclosure to fully discuss
your acquisition strategy, including the factors that you will consider in deciding whether
or not to acquire a business.  Please also revise to indicate any acquisition that are
currently under consideration and describe them or, if none are currently under
consideration, please state this.

 FirstName LastNameSiyu Yang
 Comapany NameBaiya International Group Inc.
 January 24, 2023 Page 2
 FirstName LastNameSiyu Yang
Baiya International Group Inc.
January 24, 2023
Page 2
Capitalization, page 71
2.The second bullet on page 71 portrays the 10,000,000 Ordinary Shares after giving effect
to the issuance of an additional 9,900,000 Ordinary Shares, approved by the board of
director of Baiya on December 15,2022, at $0.0001 par value, on a pro forma basis.
However, the financial statements in the filing present the 10,000,000 shares
retrospectively on an actual basis.  Please revise or advise.  Additionally, the last
paragraph on page 71 refers to "pro forma as adjusted" information, but there is no
column that corresponds to this designation.   Please revise as appropriate or advise.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Results of Operations, page 77
3.In several places, you cite the impact of increased labor costs on your results.  Please
discuss the reason for the increased labor costs, and your expectations of this trend
increasing and the impact on your future results.  Refer to Item 5.D of Form 20-F.
Licenses and Permits, page 117
4.We note your revised disclosure in response to comment 12. In the second paragraph of
this section, you disclose that "Our PRC legal counsel, Jingtian & Gongcheng, has advised
that as of the date of this prospectus, except for the foregoing, we have obtained all
requisite licenses, permits, approvals and certificates from the relevant government
authorities that are material for our, the VIE’s and the PRC operating entities’ business
operations in the PRC [emphasis added]." Please remove the materiality qualifier from
this disclosure.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
2. Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates
Revenue Recognition, page F-18
5.We note your response to comment 13 and reissue comment in part.  Please further
explain the arrangement you have with the 3rd party labor companies.  Discuss whether
you have any obligation to the 3rd party labor companies if the labor candidates provided
were not selected by any of your customers.  Also discuss if the labor is selected but needs
vocation training, do the 3rd party labor companies have any obligation to provide any
services.
            You may contact Nasreen Mohammed at 202-551-3773 or Doug Jones at 202-551- 3309
if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters.  Please contact Scott Anderegg at 202-551-3342 or Dietrich King at 202-551-8071 with
any other questions.

 FirstName LastNameSiyu Yang
 Comapany NameBaiya International Group Inc.
 January 24, 2023 Page 3
 FirstName LastName
Siyu Yang
Baiya International Group Inc.
January 24, 2023
Page 3
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Trade & Services