throughout the year. The Company also launched AEON Thai Mobile Application in 2017 to provide more convenient for customers and has planed to develop application platform to be more practical and attractive
time outside and its strength as being a media which is able to build on brand awareness amongst a wide audience which made it more attractive to media customers. MACO outperformed the overall industry
to February 2019. For fatty alcohols market, natural fatty alcohols was being more competitive to synthetic fatty alcohols due to its price attractive as CPKO price which is the feedstocks to produce
because its price was more attractive than synthetic fatty alcohols price due to the decreasing of crude palm kernel oil price. Meanwhile, supply from natural fatty alcohols and synthetic fatty alcohols
2018 due to slowdown in Thailand economy. Meanwhile, imports of Hot Rolled Steel increased by 2% to 4.04 MT due to strengthening of THB and the effect of termination of enforcement of Safeguard Measure
manner of price-dumping and unfair trade and finally will lead to the enforcement of Anti-Dumping or Safeguard measures. The world steel production capacity utilization ratio of the 67 countries in
thousand tons, decreased by 117 thousand tons or 31% YoY which affected from final resolution by the Trade Interests and Remedies Committee to get no extension of the safeguard measures for imported hot
of safeguard against Alloy Steel since February, 2019. The Company had to reduce its selling prices in line with Imports to retain its production and sales volumes. Consequently, the average selling
debate within the board of directors, and ongoing engagement and dialogue with shareholders) makes the company more attractive to investors and lenders. In a region where corporate governance risk remains
basis Attractive and accretive production pipeline heading into 2019 Indorama Ventures 2nd Quarter 2018 MD&A 2 2Q 2018 Summary Financials Table 1: Core Financials of Consolidated Business Quarterly Last