margin is 58.0 percent. The gross profit margin for the Company increased from the previous year 1.0 percent. As dollar is the Company’s major currency when buying imported goods, dollars reflected weaken

) Quarter 1/2019 Quarter 1/2020 % Change Production 1,998,519 2,017,445 0.95% Import 2,856,359 2,680,405 -6.16% Export 401,798 301,219 -25.03% Consumption 4,453,080 4,396,631 -1.27% The imported of finished

do foresee that this business will pick-up in Q4 and next year, even if the sector in general remains under stress, as our new pioneering flux product gains traction replacing imported alternative

to lower automotive parts produced locally as almost all electric cars sold in Thailand are imported CBU from China for the time being. Export volume also decreased by 1.2% to 270,525 units. In 2024

, the Company’s customers had developed alternative sources of supplies of HRC and also imported large volumes of HRC. The import arrivals continued during the reported Quarter and impacted the sales

revenues from the manufacturing business accounted for only 4.4 - 9.6 percent of the total revenues as a result of a more intense competition, particularly a more variety of imported products with relatively

for the imported raw material and goods because of Baht appreciation. Business outlook for Q4/2019 was expected that Thailand economy would be stable compared to the same period of 2018, in line with

steel, 5.34% Other Flat Products, 0.64% Steel Consumption 2019 The imported of finished steel in Thailand for 2019 was at 12.22 MT, increasing 1.36% compared to the same period of previous year. The

since 2007 with an average usable lifetime of 2-12 years; most are machinery were produced and imported from Germany, and some from United States of America, Japan, and Thailand. The Company ceased

substitution by Automation. Substitution. For production costs, it was as value as last year, due to businesses made forward contracts with material source, and imported raw material and goods were lower value