the previous year, mainly due to the sharp lower of purchasing power in most industries, as well as the strong competition in the stainless steel pipe, aluminum and copper. This caused the decreasing in

sharp drop in foreign and domestic travel across both the tourism and business traveler segments, government protocol to close down the service business sectors in line with the Lock Down policies and

industries are directly and severely affected, due to the sharp drop in foreign and domestic travel across both the tourism and business traveler segments, government protocol to close down the service

serve unmet C-Vitt demand and continue driving category growth since June onward. Domestic personal care sales decreased by 18.2% YoY, due to a sharp decline in women’s beauty category. However, OSP

margin of 11.48 percent in the same period the previous year. The lower gross margins were driven by a sharp declining in sales of exhaust pipes in the first quarter due to the suspension of production

and subsidiaries thus reported Baht 90,484 million in operating profit before provision expense and income tax expense, rising Baht 935 million, or 1.05 percent, over-year. The increase was derived from

traction, buoyed by both domestic and international factors. However, the business sector faced rising challenges, namely various forms of competition, a borderless marketplace within the ASEAN Economic

/Litre, lowered by 5% YoY, a result from lubricant product’s rising cost compared to their stagnant price, combined with slight dips in retail marketing margin. Marketing margin decreased 1% QoQ, from

remains high, and gross refinery margin improved from the increase of crack spread for all products, along with a record of inventory gain from rising average crude oil price during the quarter. Marketing

selling price to EGAT and higher steam selling price, which was in line with the rising of natural gas prices. Although the natural gas prices rose, Ft rate was maintained, hence the gross profit in Q3/2018