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Dip in truck and motorcycle sales, farm income in August
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/10/2025
» Sales of trucks and motorcycles, as well as farmers' incomes nationwide, continued to contract in August due to the economic slowdown, according to the Fiscal Policy Office's (FPO) regional economic report.
Expert urges cutting reliance on US buyers
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/09/2025
» The Thai government has been advised to reduce its dependence on the US market, which is expected to shrink under US President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariff policy.
Tax shift props up the auto industry
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/08/2025
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said during a recent conference that the government should impose a high excise tax on imported electric vehicles (EVs) that use a low proportion of local content.
Thailand considers excise tax hikes on imported EVs
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 18/07/2025
» The Ministry of Finance is studying the imposition of a higher excise tax on imported electric vehicles (EVs) that use a low proportion of local content.
Official reveals criteria for stimulus
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 12/06/2025
» The 157-billion-baht economic stimulus package expected to generate domestic employment, increase production that affects the domestic supply chain, and promote investment, is expected to go before the Economic Stimulus Committee over the next few weeks.
Soft loans for land transport
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 11/06/2020
» The Finance Ministry is mulling an additional soft loan programme for land transport operators to keep the logistics workforce at 6 million.
FPO: Pandemic hits hard
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 31/03/2020
» The coronavirus pandemic took an obvious toll on domestic investment and the tourism sector in February, but consumption remained resilient, according to a senior official at the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO).
GSB doubles lending to food vendors
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/03/2019
» The state-owned Government Savings Bank (GSB) aims to extend loans worth 5 billion baht, twice as much as last year, to 100,000 street food vendors in 2019.
Soft loans, TV reality show boost for street-food vendors
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 05/03/2019
» The state-owned Government Savings Bank has allocated 5 billion baht for soft loans to 100,000 street-food vendors this year, almost double last year’s amount.
Ministry: Grassroots economy picking up
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/09/2018
» The grassroots economy is recovering as indicated by the number of newly registered motorcycles and farmers' income, according to the Fiscal Policy Office.