Exports for May highest in 52 months

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand’s export figures for May this year rose to record high in a period of the past 52 months, prompting commerce officials to predict over 10% growth in export value for the whole year.

 

Ms Phimchanok Worn-Khorporn, the director of the Office of Policy and Strategic Trade with the Ministry of Commerce, revealed that exports for May of this year amounted to US$19.944 billion which represents a 13.2% growth.

 

She said the export figure is the highest in a period of 52 months. Meanwhile imports on the other hand also grew by 18.2% amounting to US$19 billion contributing to a surplus of US$944 million for the country.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/exports-may-highest-52-months/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-06-23

This may be true, but somehow it doesn't add up for me......one month all of a sudden has record exports? when almost since the the time of the junta taking over, there have been nothing but falls!

one swallow doesn't make......