increase in gas consumption arising from the inclusion of the power plants, despite partly offset by a decrease in the average effective price of natural gas price which is tied to the weighted average price

in Q4/2018 continuously grew. Export-oriented manufacturing businesses continuously expanded but domestic-oriented manufacturing was rather stable as slow recovery of private consumption and high

consumption. The competition geared toward postpaid segment with selective handset campaigns while prepaid handset campaigns were tapering. Meanwhile, pricing environment remained competitive with the new

consumption) NNP = Normalized net profit O&M = Operations and maintenance P.A. = Per annum PEA = Provincial Electricity Authority (Thailand) PPA = Power purchase agreement PTT = PTT Public Company Limited SG&A

. Moreover, a good trend in farm income and tourism sector supports continuous private consumption growth. For public expenditure, public consumption is expected to expand more than that of last year, while

primarily for consumption or usage of assets or services. “ส่วนแบ่งร่วมลงทุน” หมายถึง ตราสารแสดงสิทธิที่แบ่งเป็นหน่วย แต่ละหน่วย มีข้อตกลงที่เป็นสาระส าคัญเป็นอย่างเดียวกัน ซึ่งตราสารดังกล่าวออกเพ่ือการจัดหา

: Tons) (Excluding Stainless Steel) Jan - Jun 2019 Jan - Jun 2020 Production 1,443,004 1,294,983 Import 2,047,784 1,331,239 Export 4,012 15,098 Consumption 3,486,776 2,611,124 Total Hot Roll Plate

year, private consumption and the continued expansion of both private and government investment, while the headline inflation rate averaged of 1.7%-2.2%. The unemployment rate in 2Q/2023 was 1.06

which the supporting factors still being the continuous recovery of the tourism sector, the private consumption and the private investment, while the headline inflation rate averaged of only 0.1%-1.1

result, NESDB has revised its 2024 growth forecast to a range of 2.3%-2.8%. Key supporting factors include the ongoing recovery of the tourism sector, private consumption, and both public consumption and