first quarter. As a result, the Group financial performance for the first quarter of 2020 has been largely unaffected by the outbreak situation. For the three- month period ended 31 March 2020, there were
of the virus has caused demand for consumption of fuel around the world to decline with significance. This factor is putting pressure on the price of crude and finished product to drop significantly
) and its subsidiaries were affected by the COVID-19 outbreak which had an extensive impact on the entire world. Economic activities slowed down with significance, which was the factor putting pressure on
. Pricing impact on revenue: the company realized overall higher prices in Q4 compared with previous months on same-customer comparison basis given the robust demand and increased input cost pressure on all
primarily in the steel and construction segments. Combined with the ultra-weak sugar season that ended early in April, the burnt sales volumes were under significant pressure resulting an 8% lower sales
competitiveness of industry peers is under pressure by the very strong Thai Baht, resulting in repatriation of capacity allocation. On the upside we addressed the market weakness with savings on the cost side, our
came mainly from crude oil price rebound in 2018. And even with lower pressure on Glycerin price from growing market supply in the second half of 2018, full year average Glycerin price remained high
impacted by the global economy as well as the pressure from the US and China, resulting in main customers decreasing purchase orders and postponing investment plans for additional capacity in the country
pressure on profit margin. Administrative and Selling Expenses Selling, general, and administrative expense as a percent of sales increased slightly to 12.8% in 2017 compared to 12.3% in the previous year
the last few month since the end of 2018, the HDD industry was impacted by the global economy as well as the pressure from the trade war between China and the US, resulting in main customers decreasing