, consumption and investment continued to recover, though not yet at broad-based level. Domestic consumption recovered in the durable goods section especially in the vehicles and service sector from tourism
. Integrated Surfactants business marginally impacted due to poor demand in oilfield sector though demand in Home & Personal care remain strong due to increase in hygiene awareness. Indorama Ventures 2nd Quarter
than exports value, with value of imports contracted by 4.7% yoy consistent with the subdued domestic economic conditions. In the tourism sector, the number of tourist arrivals for 2019 continued to
the tourism sector, the number of tourist arrivals for the first 2 months of 2019 expanded by 2.5% yoy, however, the number of Chinese tourists which contribute almost 30% of total tourist arrivals
-cycle of electronic products. In the tourism sector, the number of tourist arrivals for the first five months of 2019 increased 1.6% yoy while the number of Chinese tourists which contribute about 29% of
the tourism sector, the number of tourist arrivals for the first half of 2019 increased 1.5% yoy while the number of Chinese tourists which contribute about 29% of total tourist arrivals still exhibited
. Private investment continued to contract in all investment categories from the slowdown in domestic and external demands and also from the lower business sentiment impacted by the outbreak. Meanwhile
categories from the slowdown in domestic and external demands and also from the lower business sentiment impacted by the outbreak. Meanwhile, public spending excluding transfers also contracted in both current
Business performed better in both YoY and QoQ from the B100 product price that adjusted upward quite significantly from various measures from the government sector to promote the use of Biodiesel fuel (B100
. Nonetheless, the business sector remained challenged by new modes of competition, the broader marketplace amid the advancing digital age, regulatory changes, the rapid pace of technological advancement and fast