July vehicle sales in Thailand up 5.8%, production down 11.4% (detailed report) According to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), July vehicle sales in Thailand increased 5.8% year over year to 49,102 units. July 2025 marked the fourth consecutive month of YoY growth, led by passenger cars, particularly affordable EVs. In the first 7 months of 2025, vehicle sales were 351,796 units, a decline of 0.7% YoY. According to data compiled by Toyota ...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/01

FTI cites key challenges behind 2025 Thailand vehicle production forecast cut to 1.45 million units Announced on July 24, 2025, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has revised Thailand’s vehicle production forecast for 2025. The new target has been lowered by 3.33%, from 1.5 million units to 1.45 million units (a reduction of 50,000 units). The adjustment mainly affects production for export, which has been cut by 5%, from 1 million to 950,...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/24

FTI cuts Thailand’s 2024 car production target to 1.7 million units; negative factors revealed Announced on July 25, 2024, The FTI decided to revise its projection on local car production in 2024 downward from 1.9 million units to 1.7 million units. The targeted vehicle production for exports stays at 1.15 million units, while production for local sales has been lowered from 750,000 units to 550,000 units. The (negative) factors affecting domes...

News  Updated at: 2024/07/25

FTI revises Thailand 2020 motorcycle production target down to 1.8 million units Reported on May 13, 2020, according to data from Thailand Land and Transport Department, registration of new motorcycles in Thailand in the first 4 months of 2020 reached 509,963 units, 12.5% down from the same period in 2019. New motorcycle registration in the month of April 2020 alone reached 78,959 units, 34.5% down from April 2019 In the month of April 2020, regi...

News  Updated at: 2020/05/13

Thailand 2020 vehicle production may drop to 1 million units if COVID-19 drags on to June On April 23, 2020, Federation of Thai Industries (FTI)’s automotive club said car production in Thailand is expected to drop as much as 50% to 1 million units if the coronavirus crisis continues to June 2020.At the beginning of 2020, FTI estimated production of 2 million vehicles in 2020, then the club downgraded 2020 production forecast to 1.9 million uni...

News  Updated at: 2020/04/24

Thailand auto parts club considers downgrading 2020 sales forecast of auto parts Reported on April 15, 2020, the auto parts industry club under the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) expects the parts sector to continue shrinking as car factories close or cut production and global purchasing power weakens. The club is considering a downgrade to forecasts for sales value and auto parts volume in 2020.The chairman of the auto parts club expects to...

News  Updated at: 2020/04/15

Thailand FTI expects boost from automotive sector to increase local steel sales in 2020 Reported on January 7, 2020, Iron and Steel Industry Club under the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) revealed that domestic demand in the steel market is expected to grow 3-4% in 2020 to 18.9 million tons thanks to a boost from both automotive and construction sectors.FTI said it expects the automotive industry to recover after exports slumped in 2019 becau...

News  Updated at: 2020/01/07

Parts shipments eclipse car export trend in Thailand Although Thailand’s vehicle exports are contracting, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) expects shipments of auto parts will grow by 7.5% to USD 18.5 billion (THB 617 billion) in 2017. Components exports have turned in a healthier performance than the agency’s earlier forecast of 5% growth, thanks to a strong supply chain in the automotive sector. The export value over the first six mo...

News  Updated at: 2017/08/25

ssan sales were up 37.4% to 4,436 units.By body type, passenger car sales were up 10.0% year over year to 26,799 units, while commercial vehicle sales were up 5.8% to 38,379 units. Pickup sales included in the commercial vehicle sales were up 5.4% to 30,741 units. The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) said that domestic sales in July increased on the back of launching of new models, increases of tourists and price of agricaltural products.FTI a...

News  Updated at: 2017/08/24

sales were up 37.1% to 4,944 units.By body type, passenger car sales were up 15.6% year over year to 29,424 units, while commercial vehicle sales were down 0.5% to 40,374 units. Pickup sales included in the commercial vehicle sales were down 3.2% to 31,044 units. The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) said that domestic sales in June increased on the back of launching of new models, recovery of tourism industry, and investment from the governme...

News  Updated at: 2017/07/20

Car exports from Thailand continue to decline in March Thailand’s car exports continued to decline in March despite reaching their highest volume in more than six months, according to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).On April 26, The FTI’s automotive club said March vehicle exports totaled 105,967 units, down 3.1%, with export value amounting to THB 54.4 billion, down 5.1%. The drop was largely due to a sharp contraction in Middle Eas...

News  Updated at: 2017/04/28

2 units thanks to active launches of new models by carmakers.Commercial vehicle sales were up 5.0% to 51,319 units. Pickup sales included in the commercial vehicle sales were up 7.8% to 41,964 units.Car sales from January to March stood at 210,490 units, up 15.9%. The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) said that the market sentiment in Thailand is now very good thanks to higher farm product prices, the government's accelerated spending on megapr...

News  Updated at: 2017/04/27

FTI raises Thai auto sales forecast in 2017 Domestic car sales are forecast at 800,000 units next year, up from an earlier estimate of 780,000 thanks to the recovering economy and the expiry of the five-year lock-up period for vehicles bought under the first-time car buyer scheme. Domestic car sales are expected to rise by 6.7% in 2017 to 800,000 units, marking an increase for the first time in four years after shrinking sales since 2013. The FT...

News  Updated at: 2016/12/27

Thai vehicle exports decreases 3 months in row The automotive industry club of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) reported on October 19 that the country's car shipments fell by 9.9% year-on-year in September to 112,565 units.FTI's automotive industry club said car shipments to key markets such as the Middle East, Africa, Central America and South America remained weak because of poor global economic conditions.Pickup exports are weak, but s...

News  Updated at: 2016/10/20

Production forecast in Thailand cut down to 1.95 million units The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) cut on October 14 its projection for locally made vehicles from 2.05 million to 1.95-2 million this year due to declining domestic demand. It is the third time that the organization has cut its 2015 forecast.The FTI said it expects production of 750,000-800,000 vehicles this year for domestic market, which are 50,000-100,000 fewer than its previ...

News  Updated at: 2015/10/16