of 2018. The main reasons were: Revenues from circulation increased 7.34% with circulation revenues of comic books and children books increasing 0.92%. In addition, pocket books and consignment
circulation revenues of comic books and children books increasing 0.37%. In addition, pocket books and consignment products increased 10.35%. • Revenues from rendering of services decreased 68.82% due to less
effect in 2017 that represented a reduction of about 2% on average and a fire incident on June 18 that caused a backlog of order valued more than USD 2 million by the quarter end. However, consignment
that took effect in 2017 that represented a reduction of about 2% on average. However, consignment sales were almost fully realized in the current period. The Q-o-Q decrease in revenue was primarily due
accelerated the transfer of housing units to customers before the Bank of Thailand housing loan control measure (Loan-to-Value: LTV) became effective on April 1, 2019. Even though, the majority of MK customers
addition, some shipments were not recognized as sales revenue in the second quarter in accordance with relevant incoterms, and partly due to consignment stock: consignment fill-up totaled Bt813 million
million which was higher than sale that recorded in the same period of last year. MK employed several strategies in order to help customers reduce the impact of the Bank of Thailand housing loan control
%. Another significant impact toward real estate business was the Bank of Thailand housing loan control measure (Loan-to-Value: LTV). The measure had direct effect on the consumers’ purchasing power. However
unrealized consignment sales (Table 3, unrealized revenue amounted to USD3 million, or Bt109 million in 2Q18). Cost of Sales and Gross Profit The profit margin in 2Q18 widened Q-o-Q to 27.84% but narrowed Y-o
11% Y-o-Y (Table 4), due partly to the WLTP issue, which resulted in lower orders from automotive suppliers, as most suppliers shifted their priority to stock management. In 1Q19, consignment stock