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Thai export to grow 1.3 to 2% in 2013

Aishwarya Gupta by Aishwarya Gupta
October 30, 2013
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The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce has expressed its confidence that the country’s export will grow a mere 2 percent at best this year despite the 4 percent growth projection by the Commerce Ministry.

According to Dr. Aat Pisanwanich, Director of the Center of International Trade Studies, the UTCC expects the Thai export growth for the year 2013 to be under 2 percent, judging from the past statistics compiled during the first 8 months, which showed that Thailand has only seen a 1 percent increase so far, much lower than the Commerce Ministry’s forecast of 4 percent.

However, the director still sees a positive trend in the last quarter of this year, saying the last four months is usually the busiest time for the exporting industry as more orders from the importers are expected, thanks to the US’s economic recovery. He, however, warned all sides to keep an eye on capital fluctuation as it could swing the Thai currency.

About 2 weeks ago, the US Congress decided to pass the bill to raise the country’s debt ceiling and end the 2-week government shutdown. The “American Shutdown” is a situation where funds for government operations fail to get a nod from the Congress, forcing the government to shut down its services beginning from October 1st, 2013.

via สำนักข่่าวแห่งชาติ : UTCC : Thai export to grow 2% at best this year.

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Thailand’s exports in 2013 are projected to grow only 1.3 per cent

at a value of US$232.2 billion – their lowest in four years, the University of Thai Chamber of Commerce announced today.

The university’s International Trade Study Centre said exports in Q4 would expand by 5.1 per cent or US$60.1 billion due to strengthened economies in the US, the European Union (EU) and Southeast Asia. The global economic slowdown has also wreaked havoc in Japan, China and India. Japan’s market successively declined in Q3, while China and India also faced trade deficits.

The university said the Commerce Ministry’s forecast of export growth at 3-4 per cent this year would be almost impossible, adding that the projection would be met only if exports in Q4 increase no less than 15 per cent each month, or at a value of US$22 billion per month.

Thailand’s monthly export value has never been higher than US$22 billion, it said.

The university projected next year’s export growth at 5.5 per cent, at a value of US$240-250 billion, given global economic revival especially in the US, EU and Southeast Asia – the significant countries for Thailand’s export performance.

However, the continued economic slowdown in China and Japan could be a risk factor in light of Japan’s economic deficit for three consecutive years and volatile currency exchange – a consequence of the US’s expansion of debt ceiling and enforcement of quantitative easing.

Another risk factor for Thai exports is the declining prices of agricultural produce including rice and rubber from this year’s Q4 to next year’s Q1, said the university, expressing optimism that prices of agricultural produce could, however, be higher in tandem with global economic revival.

The industrial sector including auto and electrical appliances productions would be the driving force for the Thai economy, the university concluded. (MCOT online news)

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