Private Investment Indicators

(Unit: Million baht or as stated)

Sept 2009

Aug
2009

Jul
2009

Jun
2009

May
2009

Apr
2009

1

Private Investment Index (2000=100) 1/

158.70

155.50

152.54

149.64

147.77

148.58

2

Domestic cement sales (1,000 metric tons)

1,979.05

2,105.36

1,960.45

2,030.67

2,051.06

1,777.19

3

Domestic commercial car sales (units)

26,125

24,683

25,629

24,657

23,183

23,742

4

Import of capital goods at 2000 prices (million baht)

105,740

99,615.06

98,280.67

95,257.58

87,566.17

87,624.92

5

Domestic machinery sales at 2000 prices (million baht)

n.a.

40,102

39,419.02

40,800.83

39,631.93

35,879.76

6

Construction areas permitted in municipal zone (thousand sq.meters)

7

  Whole kingdom

1,503.90

1,181.75

1,391.83

1,363.04

1,168.07

1,046.79

8

  Residential

891.28

881.28

943.05

960.45

746.29

649.24

9

  Commercial

415.36

184.91

255.29

216.11

173.78

210.77

10

  Industrial &  others

197.26

115.56

193.49

186.48

248.01

186.78

11

  Bangkok metropolis

766.76

576.53

676.42

644.74

760.70

523.60

12

 Central region (excl.Bangkok)

197.02

283.16

239.52

302.11

142.69

229.30

13

 Other regions

540.13

322.06

475.89

416.19

264.68

293.89

14

Factories permitted to establish by Ministry of Industry

15

Permitted by Department of Industrial Works:

16

  No. of factories

70

64

58

42

56

36

17

  Total investment

8,296.36

10,568.10

14,251.57

5,491.14

5,218.26

1,774.16

18

Permitted by Provincial Industry Office:

19

  No. of factories

273

282

329

317

240

227

20

  Total investment

5,404.93

7,299.61

4,371.43

5,347.41

4,270.08

3,103.91

21

Capital investment of business registered at Ministry of Commerce

22

Newly registered

n.a.

8,748.90

9,324.17

10,032.99

6,988.80

12,483.50

23

Capital increase

n.a.

24,428.79

24,620.23

28,167.92

17,213.81

30,919.17

24

  No. of ceased operation

n.a.

5,329

3,944

3,411

10,251

2,553

25

Promotional privileges from Board of Investment

26

No. of net applications received

132

116

122

95

75

60

27

Total investment (billion baht)

60.1

23.8

38.9

18.9

26.5

14.4

28

No. of application approved

96

109

59

86

53

71

29

Total investment
(billion baht)

49.4

11.3

18.9

23.4

4.7

35.9

30

No. of promotion certificates issues

75

81

65

93

62

66

31

Total investment
(billion baht)

8.6

28.1

21.1

31.0

19.0

18.5

32

No. of promoted firm started operation

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

33

Total investment
(Billion of baht)

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.