{"id":9087,"date":"2026-06-25T10:22:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/?p=9087"},"modified":"2026-06-25T10:22:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:22:49","slug":"ai-boom-set-to-lift-thai-exports-to-record-value-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/?p=9087","title":{"rendered":"AI boom set to lift Thai exports to record value this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p>Thailand expects exports to reach a record $366.8 billion this year as global investment in artificial intelligence fuels demand for electronics made in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The value of outbound shipments is projected to rise 8% from 2025, Trade Policy and Strategy Office Director-General Nantapong Chiralerspong said Tuesday. Electronics, which now account for nearly one-third of Thailand\u2019s exports, are expected to lead the gains as technology companies ramp up investment in AI infrastructure worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The country has long been a manufacturing base for electronics, but the AI boom is creating a new source of demand for its exports. It has also fuelled a rally in Thai technology stocks, helping make the country\u2019s benchmark equity index Southeast Asia\u2019s best performer this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The optimistic outlook comes even as export growth moderated to 10.6% in May from a year earlier, down from 23.1% in April. Officials attributed the slowdown largely to weaker shipments of agricultural products and a high base of comparison a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Imports also eased, rising 35.1% in May after a 45% increase in April. As a result, Thailand\u2019s trade deficit narrowed to $5.7 billion from a record $10 billion a month earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 Bloomberg<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>#boom #set #lift #Thai #exports #record #year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thailand expects exports to reach a record $366.8 billion this year as global investment in artificial intelligence fuels demand for electronics made in the country. The value of outbound shipments&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[301,1703,2060,1419,1782,11141,85],"class_list":["post-9087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investing","tag-boom","tag-exports","tag-lift","tag-record","tag-set","tag-thai","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}