expand on the back of domestic demand momentum. Private consumption expanded in line with the continual broad-based improvements in household income. Domestic investment expanded at a slower pace than
continued to gain further traction driven by both growths in domestic and external demand. The value of merchandise exports expanded solidly on the back of the continual increase in export quantity and rising
decline in consumption of Construction Sectors, as well as Steel Sectors. However, the Company still maintains the operation at 15 hours per day in order to keep production capacity at high level and, at
quarter of 2018 having total steel products consumption at 4.19 million tons, decreased by 4.2%, long steel consumption dropped 21.1% to be at 1.21 million tons, flat steel consumption grew 5.0% to be at
Analysis (MD&A) For Q3/2018 3 Executive Summary The total apparent finished steel consumption of steel industry in Thailand in the third quarter of 2018 surged to 4.66 million tons, an increase of 11.1
expended continuously following the campaign of visiting Thailand. Consumption sector remained not recover. Domestic expense was poor and buying power was weak because household debt remained stay in high
to small and medium-sized exporters, resulting clearer signs of acceleration in industrial production. In the meantime, private consumption only grew slowly due to weak overall household purchasing
signs of recovery especially in 4Q17 as evident by the more broad-based recovery from the external sectors to the domestic sectors. With exports registering a growth of 10.0% for the first 11 months of