Price Quarter 2/2016 Quarter 1/2017 Quarter 2/2017 YoY QoQ 6M/2016 6M/2017 YoY Fatty Alcohols Short Chain (USD per ton)(1) 3,403 3,211 3,318 - 86 107 3,795 3,264 - 531 Fatty Alcohols Mid Cut (USD per ton
3,425 4% 3% 3,630 3,318 -9% Fatty Alcohols Mid Cut (USD per ton)(1) 1,925 1,802 1,810 -6% 0% 1,656 2,039 23% Fatty Alcohols Long Chain (USD per ton)(1) 1,233 1,336 1,414 15% 6% 1,226 1,397 14% Fatty
Discussion and Analysis | 5 Note : (1) Reference Price of ICIS (2) Average price of Fatty Alcohols with production proportion: Short Chain 8% Mid Cut 62% and Long Chain 30% (3) Reference Price of Malaysian
: Products and Feedstocks’ prices Average Price 1Q2019 1Q2018 % YoY 4Q2018 % QoQ (USD/ton) Fatty Alcohols (1) - Short Chain 3,249 3,618 -10% 3,538 -8% - Mid Cut 1,241 1,796 -31% 1,231 1% - Long Chain 1,183
the period that US Federal Reserve would cut the interest rates. However, on 7 August 2019, the Bank of Thailand had announced the policy to cut interest rate which could expect Thai baht to become
Feedstocks’ prices Average Price 3Q2018 3Q2017 %YoY 2Q2018 %QoQ 9M/2018 9M/2017 %YoY (USD per ton) Fatty Alcohols (1) - Short Chain 3,822 3,425 12% 3,845 -1% 3,761 3,318 13% - Mid Cut 1,351 1,810 -25% 1,402 -4
Committee, the Bank of Thailand, had cut the policy rate twice, from 1.75% p.a. down to 1.50% p.a. in August, and cut again to 1.25% p.a. in early November. This is the lowest rate, almost equivalent to the
3,249 -33% 2,438 -10% - Mid Cut 1,225 1,241 -1% 1,157 6% - Long Chain 1,180 1,183 -0.3% 1,106 7% Average Fatty Alcohols (2) 1,289 1,385 -7% 1,244 4% Crude Palm Kernel Oil (CPKO) (3) 800 677 18% 742 8
net profit* margin of 13.7%, +110 bps YoY. Our strategies are to focus on core products and defend profit through supply chain, operation costs and expenses control, such that A&P have been cut or
consolidated revenues were 15,597 million baht, decreasing of 700 million baht or 4% y-y. The decreased income was a result of the Bank of Thailand cut the ceiling rates of interest rates on credit card from 18