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	Government of Thailand
	Dept. of Foreign Trade
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
	Board of Investment
	Bank of Thailand
	Dept. of Business Development
	Department Of Export Promotion
	Department Of International Economic Affairs
	Thai Customs
	Dept. of Industrial Promotion
	EXIM Bank of Thailand

Thai Economy at a Glance
Indicators		2003	2004	2005
1.	GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (1988 Prices) (Billion baht)	3,460	3,672
	Real GDP growth (%)	6.9	6.1
	Consumption expenditure (1988=100) - Private (+,- %) - Public (+,-%)	6.4 2.0	5.7 4.1
	Investment expenditure (1988=100) - Private (+,- %) - Public (+,-%)	17.5 -0.8	15.3 11.7
2.	CROP PRODUCTION INDEX			(Jan-Jul)
	(1988=100)	188.9	186.8	162.9
	(+,-%)	10.4	-1.1	-2.8
3.	MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION INDEX (Period average)			(Jan-Jul)
	Total index (2000=100)	127.3	141.4	147.3
	Total index (exclude liquor)	126.0	139.9	145.8
4.	PRIVATE CONSUMPTION INDEX (Period average)			(jan-Jul)
	(1995=100) na.	112.4	116.7	117.9
	(+,- %) na.	5.4	3.8	0.9
5.	EXTERNAL POSITION (Billion baht)
	Exports	3,233.1	3,868.6	2,005.6
	% change from prior year	13.9	19.7	11.3
	(% growth in US$)	18.2	23.0	12.4
	Imports	3,077.5	3,800.9	2,340.0
	% change from prior year	13.2	23.5	30.0
	(% growth in US$)	17.4	27.0	31.2
	Trade balance	155.6	67.7	-334.4
	(as % of GDP)	2.9	1.0
	Current account balance	329.2	283.8	-246.5
	(as % of GDP)	5.6	4.5
	Balance of payments	2.2	229.9	43.8
6	INFLATION RATE			(Jan-Jul)
	Headline CPI ( +,- %)	1.8	2.7	3.8
	Core CPI ( +,- %)	0.2	0.4	1.2
	PPI (+,-%)	4.0	6.7	9.4
7	GOVERNMENT FISCAL POSITION (Bil.baht) (Fiscal year)*
	Actual revenue	960.6	1,125.1
	+,- %	13.6	17.1
	Actual expenditures	938.4	1,105.8
	+,- %	-3.5	17.8
8	EXCHANGE RATE			(Jan-Aug)
8	Baht/US$ (Selling rate)	41.6318	40.3768	39.9769

Notes :
* the fiscal year starts from October of prior year e.g. F.Y. 1990 = October 1989-September 1990

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