Since January 1 this year, including Thailand, six old ASEAN member countries of ASEAN free trade agreement will provide for motor vehicles and parts import tariff to zero, with the automotive industry started to recover the situation, will the Thai automotive Parts industry benefit.
Kasikorn Research Centre here on the 13th is expected this year, Thailand’s auto parts exports from 2009 is expected to sharply 23-127000000000% Thai baht, to a substantial percentage increase of 18 to 22 percent, reaching 1500-155000000000 baht or so.
The research center that will help to increase the duty automotive parts, Thailand’s international trade opportunities, in addition to imports of foreign auto parts from Thailand, the cost will be reduced, the trade liberalization has also contributed to the six old ASEAN member countries form a unified market, so that the scale of production and consumption market is expanding, particularly in the automotive parts, automotive parts of its exports nine times.
Comparison of the old members of ASEAN to expand the export of auto parts business opportunity can be found to expand the export business opportunities in Indonesia, followed by Malaysia and the Philippines, particularly in Japanese small passenger cars and commercial vehicles spare parts, such as Thai-made electronic spare parts, engines and automobile transmissions, not only of high value, but also in quality to gain market recognition.
In addition, the company will expand the future of the automobile production base in Thailand to sell cars to the trend of domestic and international markets, will lead the demand for automotive parts exports also expanded. However, further open market will lead to more imports of auto parts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which will intensify market competition, particularly from Indonesia, bus and truck parts. To this end, auto parts enterprises must prepare for the competition from trade liberalization.
