{"id":59611,"date":"2026-05-28T00:54:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/thai-april-factory-output-drops-0-36-on-year-below-forecast\/28\/05\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T00:54:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:54:56","slug":"thai-april-factory-output-drops-0-36-on-year-below-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/thai-april-factory-output-drops-0-36-on-year-below-forecast\/28\/05\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai April factory output drops 0.36% on year, below forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->BANGKOK, May 28 (Reuters) &#8211; Thailand&#8217;s manufacturing production index dropped 0.36% in \u200cApril from a year earlier, \u200cthe industry ministry said on Thursday, weaker than \u200banalysts&#8217; forecasts.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u2022 The April reading compared with a year-on-year increase of 0.2% forecast in a Reuters poll, and \u200cfollowed a revised \u2060rise of 1.30% the previous month.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u2022 Thai factory output for \u2060the full year was seen up 1.0% to 2.0%, lower than \u200bthe 1.5% \u200bto 2.5% range \u200bseen earlier.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u2022 Output \u200cfell due to the impact of the war in the Middle East and higher costs that put pressure on profits, the ministry said.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u2022 Tourism, \u200ca key economic driver, \u200balso weakened, impacting related \u200bindustries.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u2022 For \u200bthe first quarter output \u200cgrew 0.94% annually, the \u200bministry said.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u2022 \u200bThe outlook for May should be higher if compared to a \u200bmonth-on-month basis, \u200cit said.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->(Reporting by Orathai Sriring, \u200bKitiphong Thaichareon and Chayut Setboonsarng; 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