, crude palm oil price was dropped to 16. 71 Baht/ kg, a decrease of 3. 74 Baht/ kg or 18% due to high level of crude palm oil inventory and rising of crude palm oil output. Consequently, methyl ester price
market and weakening investors’ confidence. High oil prices, rising interest rates, the outbreak of avian influenza, and concerns over inflation were among the main factors. Coupled with this uncertainty
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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
with net profit rising by 7.8 percent from the same quarter last year and 6.6 percent from the previous quarter. As of June 30, 2019, loans grew at a lower rate than deposits, with the ratio of loans to
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increase of 4.5% YoY and 4.4% QoQ in spite of rising network D&A. As a result of recurring tax benefits from investments in 2016 and 2017, effective tax rate stood at 17% in 1Q18. 4 1Q18 MD&A Advanced Info