Thailand Autos Industry Update Quarter 2 2012

BMI Industry View . 7
SWOT . 9
Political 10
Economic 12
Business Environment 14
Industry Forecast 16
Sales . 16
Table: Thailand Autos Sales 2010-2017 16
Production . 18
Table: Thailand Autos Production 2010-2017 . 18
Trade 25
Table: Thailand Autos Production 2010-2017 . 25
Passenger Vehicles . 27
Passenger Cars 28
Table: Domestic Passenger Car Sales 2012 . . . 28
Pick-Ups . 29
Table: Best-Selling Pick-Up Models in Thailand Jan-Jul 2012 29
Commercial Vehicles . 30
Suppliers . 32
Macroeconomic Forecasts . 36
Economic Analysis 36
No Recovery In External Demand . 37
Not Expecting A Sustained Pickup In Investment 38
Industry Risk Reward Ratings 40
Asia Pacific Risk/Reward Ratings . 40
Table: Business Environment Ratings - Autos Industry Asia Pacific . . 43
Company Profile 45
Company Monitor . 45
Mercedes-Benz . 48
Honda Motor . 50
Ford Motor . 51
Regional Overview 52
Asia Overview 52
Thailand: Sales And Production Will Continue Posting Healthy Increases 52
Malaysia: Sales To Grow And Production Finally More Stable . 53
Sales . 55
Australia: Sales To Contract Due To Tough Macroeconomic Conditions 56
Japan: Bearish On Sales, Production To Remain Subdued . 57
China: Rebalancing Story To Favour Passenger Cars . 57
India: Government Regulatory Risks In Play . 59
Global Industry Overview 60
Table: Passenger Car Sales, Units, 2012 . . . . . . . 60
Japan To Contract, But US Safe (For Now) . 61
Europe Over The Worst? . 62
Even Russia Will Hit The Brakes . 64
Demographic Forecast . 67
Demographic Outlook 67
Table: Thailand's Population By Age Group, 1990-2020 ('000) . . . . . . . 68
Table: Thailand's Population By Age Group, 1990-2020 (% of total) . 69
Table: Thailand's Key Population Ratios, 1990-2020 . 70
Table: Thailand's Rural And Urban Population, 1990-2020 . . . 70
Methodology 71
Automobile Industry . 72
Sources . 72

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