The Thai domestic vehicle market fell by 40.5% year-on-year in October to 42,873 units, and by 50.7% compared with the previous month, according to the Federation of Thai Industries.
The industry and market was been severely disrupted by flooding across large parts of the central and northern regions of the country.
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Vehicle production fell 67.6% year-on-year to 49,439 units and by 71.6% month-on-month; while exports were down by 36.7% year-on-year at 50,913 units, and by 43.8% month-on-month.
In the first 10 months of the year, exports fell 7.3% to 690,545 units with output down by 1.1% at 1,334,674 units. The federation now expects full-year output to be 1.5m units compared with a previous forecast of 1.8m.
