Fresh news from the Thai Automotive Industry Club: Thailand's vehicle exports reached 94,527 units in February, up by 22.26 per cent from the same period last year and 9.03 per cent from the previous month. The export value, at Bt41.6 billion, is 16.43 per cent higher from the same period last year. The FTI also stated that Thailand’s auto production in the first two months of this year rose 50.74 per cent on year to 465,229 units. A number of 255,727 units were sold in the domestic market, up by 51.9 per cent from the first two months of last year. So if you put the puzzle together, you arrive a February production of 229,204 units - slightly lower than last month (which had 3 days more to produce car). The FTI estimated that the output during March and May will reach 660,390 units, which will rise by 21.41 per cent from the same period last year.

1. Thailand Automotive
Production February 2013
229,204 Units
256,581
252,156 236,025 229,204
228,500 221,353
Total Production
218,199 217,727 214,788
202,843 Export Value:
190,935 Bt 41.6 billion
160,376
142,312
129,863
108,338
109,326 86,297 94,527
98,268 86,697
94,727 94,838 85,279
86,000
89,815
77,313 55,426
148,243 144,676
130,232 142,839 125,817 129,910
115,943 123,472 117,889 129,509
83,062101,120 86,886
Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Domestic Sales Export Sales
Thai Autobook 2013
Source: Federation of Thai Industries www.thaiautobook.com