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	Compared with growth rate of 18.9 per cent in the fourth quarter last year, the GDP contracted 2.2 per cent, according to the think tank.&nbsp;</div>

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GDP expands 5.3% in Q1

Thailand's real gross domestic product expanded 5.3 per cent year on year in the first quarter this year, according to the Office of National Economic and Social Development Board.

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