{"id":495621,"date":"2026-06-25T23:07:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T23:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/495621\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T23:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T23:07:37","slug":"bangkok-post-value-of-thai-exports-rises-10-6-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/495621\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok Post – Value of Thai exports rises 10.6% in May"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trade deficit remains unusually high at $5.7 billion as imports jump by 35%<\/p>\n

PUBLISHED : 25 Jun 2026 at 11:18<\/p>\n

UPDATED : 25 Jun 2026 at 12:26<\/p>\n

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The dollar value of Thailand\u2019s \u200bexports rose \u200c10.6% in May from a year earlier, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday, slightly lower \u200bthan analysts\u2019 \u2060expectations.<\/p>\n

The May reading compared with a forecast rise \u200cof 12% in a Reuters poll and followed an increase of 23.1% \u2060the previous month.<\/p>\n

The dollar value of imports rose by 35.1% in May from a year earlier.<\/p>\n

Thailand recorded a trade deficit of $5.71 billion \u200bfor the month, compared with $6.12 billion forecast \u200bby those \u200cpolled.<\/p>\n

The ministry expects exports to post full-year growth of 8%, \u2060supported by easing global tensions and strong demand for technology products, said Nantapong Chiralerspong, head of the ministry\u2019s Trade Policy and Strategy Office.<\/p>\n

In the first five months of 2026, exports rose 17% year-on-year. Full-year \u200bexport growth was 12.9% last year.<\/p>\n

In May, shipments to the United States, Thailand\u2019s largest market, increased by 33.5% \u200bfrom \u200ca year earlier, while shipments to China dropped 2.5%, the ministry said.<\/p>\n

Exports are now likely \u200bto \u2060post single-digit growth each month over the remainder of the year, Mr Nantapong said.<\/p>\n

Frontloading of \u2060exports to the US amid tariff uncertainty has boosted growth so far this year, though this will ease, the ministry said.<\/p>\n

US tariff measures are expected \u2060to be no more severe than anticipated, and \u200bexporters are seen as being able to adjust, the ministry said.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the Bank of Thailand raised<\/a> its 2026 \u200ceconomic growth outlook \u2060to 2.3%, from 2.0% earlier, saying it expected 14% growth in exports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trade deficit remains unusually high at $5.7 billion as imports jump by 35% PUBLISHED : 25 Jun 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,248114,219,248116,206717,111,139,69,248113,248112,196990,248111,248115],"class_list":["post-495621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economic-forecast","tag-economy","tag-export-value","tag-import-growth","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-thai-ministry-of-commerce","tag-thai-trade-deficit","tag-thailand-economy","tag-thailand-exports","tag-thailand-trade-balance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}