Year-on-year vehicle exports grow by 50.74% in first months of 2013

Thailand’s year-on-year automobile exports have exhibited stunning growth, with 22.26% more cars exported in February 2013 than were exported in February 2012.

In total, the Kingdom exported 94,527 vehicles last month, out of a total 229,204 produced.

The total amount of vehicles produced by Thailand in the first two months of 2013 displayed an even more remarkable year-on-year expansion at 50.74%.

The Bangkok Post reports that domestic car sales are up as well, with 129,910 vehicles sold to domestic, Thai consumers this February.

In a related note, traffic in Bangkok has also gotten painfully worse in recent months. Check out our feature on Bangkok’s traffic problem here.




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