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Sentiment gains on higher orders of goods, spending
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 16/03/2023
» The Thailand Industry Sentiment Index (TISI) increased to 96.2 points in February, the highest level since April 2019, as manufacturing and consumer spending increased while the tourism recovery continued.
IRPC anticipating uptick in naphtha prices
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 03/03/2022
» SET-listed IRPC, a petrochemical arm of national oil and gas conglomerate PTT Group, expects the Russia-Ukraine conflict to drive up prices of naphtha, a feedstock for the petrochemical industry, following soaring global crude oil prices.
Export outlook remains bright
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 13/09/2021
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has placed 10 export sectors in four groups based on the advantages they will gain from different stages of the pandemic, ranging from disease transmission to lockdown and slowdown periods.
Industry Ministry to revise MPI amid gains
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 29/06/2021
» The Industry Ministry may revise up its 2021 manufacturing production index (MPI) in July after it increased by 25.8% in May and reached 100.47 points year-on-year, the highest increase in five years since 2016, says the Office of Industrial Economics (OIE).
Egco on track for 5-6% growth
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 27/08/2020
» SET-listed Electricity Generating (Egco) expects its 2020 revenue and profit will be close to last year's, despite the impact of the pandemic, as 2019 earnings tallied 47.4 billion baht.
MPI rises for second month as normalcy resumes
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 30/07/2020
» Thailand's manufacturing production index (MPI) in June increased for the second consecutive month by 4.1% to 83.0 points as people begin to resume their normal spending, says the Office of Industrial Economics (OIE).
Industry Ministry eyes 2.2% gain in productivity in two years
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 20/02/2020
» The Industry Ministry has set a target to increase industrial productivity by 2.2% by 2022 and raise Thailand's competitiveness by enhancing labour skills and leveraging technology and innovation.
Draft windfall tax on EEC agenda
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 18/05/2019
» The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Office plans to talk with the Finance Ministry soon about a draft bill on taxing windfall gains to collect capital gains tax from companies, property owners and speculators that are expected to gain from inflated prices for plots as new infrastructure is developed in the three EEC provinces.
SCG stands pat on 5-10% revenue growth forecast
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 26/07/2018
» SET-listed Siam Cement Group (SCG), Thailand's largest cement maker and industrial conglomerate, is optimistic that 2018 revenue will rise by 5-10%, as expected earlier.
FTI calls for policy rate hike rethink
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 19/06/2018
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is calling for the Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to re-evaluate hiking the policy interest rate, fearing harm to the private sector.