growth in the period ahead still challenge with uncertainties on the US economic and foreign trade policies, China’s economic structure reforms, as well as geopolitical risks that could undermine export
need for working capital has slowed down, while demand for household credit increased in almost all categories except home loans. Looking ahead, financial institutions predict that demand for business
anticipation of the summer months ahead. - In 2018, there was incremental supply of PTA and PET as a result of restart of the shutdown plants in Portugal (PTA), Egypt, Brazil, Mexico, USA (all PET) and
respectively and Phu Yen TTP solar project (Phu Yen Project) with an installed capacity of 257 MW commenced COD on June 10, 2019. Both projects could achieve COD several weeks ahead of the schedule and within
ahead. Exports for the first eight months of this year fell by 7.8 % YoY. When excluding exports of gold, value of exports declined by 11.8% YoY. The deterioration of exports was seen in almost all
freight saving. This does not have any impact on regional or consolidated EBITDA. 4Core EBITDA is Reported EBITDA less inventory gains/(losses) 5Core EPS is Reported EPS less inventory gains/(losses) less
) transactions 2Total of each segment may not always tally with consolidated financials due to holding segment 3Excludes price adjustment for captive sales on freight saving. This does not have any impact on
increased overall average operating rate of 86%. Higher freight rates positively impacted sales price in our respective domestic markets. This translated into an overall Fibers Core EBITDA growth of 23% QoQ
, electronics, and food and beverages. We also organized a learning course entitled “Stay Ahead of the Economy: How to Overcome Risks in Import-Export Business” to provide our customers with knowledge on the