With the (military) government rapidly selling the inventory that the Yingluck government had stored because of falling rice prices, international research agencies  expect for Thailand to resume its position as the #1 rice exporter globally by next year. Top global rice exporters (in thousand metric tons) 2013/14 2014/15 Thailand 9,000 10,041 India 10,000 8,388 Vietnam […]

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You have to hand it to the management of BTS, they aren’t just sitting on their hands happily bathing in their THB 30 bn worth of cash post the BTSGIF. In the past few years they’ve bought VGI, IPO’ed VGI, IPO’ed BTSGIF, bought MACO and other co’s through VGI, commenced a share buy back of […]

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CWT CWT expects 2014 revenue to reach Bt1bn. It is undertaking a study of the power business in hopes of starting a solar roof project with no less than 5-6MW in capacity. It expects this will help lower electricity costs for its factories and help increase revenue. (Kao Hoon, 09/10/14) Comment: I’ve been told by […]

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AMATA, HEMRAJ/ SAT, STANLY, AH          BoI approves 18 new projects, total value Bt90bn. AMATA and HEMRAJ, SAT, STANLY and AH will all benefit, with the latter hoping to receive orders from Eco Car Phase 2 with five automakers so far having been approved. (Kao Hoon, 08/10/14) Comment: It isn’t necessarily true that the 3 automotive […]

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