"EXPORTS"

The Covid-19 crisis has triggered a serious labour shortage in factories, hitting Thailand’s main economic engine – exports – hard, according to CEOs surveyed by the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).

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Exports are driving the gradual recovery of Thailand’s economy, says Krungsri Research, but it warns that foreign tourists will not return in the large numbers of previous years.

Thai exporters are upbeat about business prospects, citing gradual increase in demand, but they are worried about the baht strengthening as well as the shortage of migrant workers.

China's foreign trade volume totaled 4.12 trillion yuan ($592 billion) in the first two months of this year, falling 9.6 per cent year-on-year, data released by the General Administration of Customs showed on Saturday.

The baht traded slightly higher in Tuesday morning trade at Bt 31.65 to the US dollar after closing on Monday at Bt 31.69/dollar, Jitipol Puksamatanan, senior director at SCB Securities (SCBS), said.

South Korea's exports fell 0.2 percent in the first 20 days of January, data showed Tuesday. 

Economic indicators in November pointed to an economic slowdown, but private investment and exports are expected to be the growth drivers next year, according to the Fiscal Policy Office.

SINGAPORE - Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) continued to fall in November for the ninth consecutive month. But the contraction was less than analysts predicted, thanks to a small recovery in non-electronics exports.

While the government is likely to further lower its economic growth forecast for this year, the latest statistics are not bright, with exports extending the downtrend for 12 consecutive months and consumption hitting a six-year low, data showed Sunday.

South Korea's trade terms continued to decline in August amid a continued drop in exports, central bank data showed Friday.

Singapore's exports fell by double digits for the fourth straight month in June, with shipments in the key electronics sector sinking by nearly a third.