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Great Wall Motor to ramp up BEV output to 14,500
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 11/12/2025
» Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor (GWM) has announced plans to ramp up its annual production capacity of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in Thailand to 14,500 units within the next two years, aligning with requirements under the government's EV incentive schemes.
Car shipments could falter
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 18/10/2023
» The conflict in the Middle East could affect car exports to the region if it is protracted, says the Automotive Industry Club of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
Joint panel says growth could weaken to 2% in 2020
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 06/02/2020
» The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) has cut its forecast for 2020 GDP growth to 2-2.5% from a previous projection of 2.5-3%, citing economic difficulties aggravated by the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Panel outlines support measures
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 09/01/2020
» Business operators are calling for the government to beef up measures to support companies and Thais to assist with soaring operating and living costs amid high economic uncertainty this year, mainly driven by rising oil prices as a result of US-Iran military tensions.
Loan rejections dent sales
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 19/12/2019
» Car sales during January to November fell 1.1% year-on-year to 918,267 units after monthly sales decreased six months in a row, according to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
New Year price slash for B10, E20
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 14/12/2019
» The Energy Ministry plans to cut retail prices for biodiesel B10 and gasohol E20 by another one baht per litre during the New Year period to reduce fuel costs for Thais during the long holiday.
Panel slashes GDP forecast yet again
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 03/10/2019
» The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) has downgraded Thailand's GDP growth outlook for 2019 a third time to 2.7-3% and cut the export projection to a 0-2% contraction amid the US-China trade war, Brexit woes and baht appreciation.
Manufacturing output decreases in August
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 25/09/2019
» Thailand's manufacturing production index (MPI) in August fell 4.4% year-on-year to 100.58 points, suffering from a bearish Thai economy and a resurgent US-China trade war, says the Office of Industrial Economics (OIE).
Egat told to hurry up Petronas LNG cancellation
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 20/09/2019
» The Energy Ministry has ordered the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) to speed up negotiations with Malaysia's Petronas LNG in order to seek a resolution to a suspended plan to import 1.5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas.
Production moves away from plastic
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 05/09/2019
» Thailand's packaging and printing industries are shifting to produce bio-flexible packaging products in line with the government's policy to ban plastic packaging in the future, says the Thai Packaging Association.