Export value jumps 6.5% in August
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Exports last month swung to strong growth of 6.5 per cent - a five-month record - to US$18.82 billion (Bt654 billion).
Deputy Commerce Minister Suvit Maesincee said Monday that the year could post flat export growth, or only a slight contraction.
“The oil price is tending to increase, driving up export [value] of many products including by-products of oil and agricultural products in the rest of the year,” he said.
Export value in the first eight months was still down by 1.2 per cent year on year to $141 billion.
