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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.

Sources:

1. Automotive Industry Club, The Federation of Thai Industries
2. Customs Department, Ministry of Finance
3. Bangkok Metropolitan Administration , District Office , Office of Town Municipality 
4. Department of Industrial Works, Ministry of Industry
5. Department of Business Development, Ministry of Commerce
6. Office of the Board of Investment, Ministry of Industry
7. Manufacturers of respective products (survey)
8. Bank of Thailand

Notes:

1/ Private Investment Index Prices are rebased according to Minintry of Commerce import price index and hence, data from 2000 onwards are disseminated.
2/ Total imports of capital goods excluded transportation items.

Updated 4 November 2009

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