BANGKOK: Thailand’s manufacturing production index dropped 2.11% in December from a year earlier, the industry ministry said on Friday, weaker than analysts’ forecasts.

The figure compared with a forecast fall of 0.50% for December in a Reuters poll, and followed an annual drop of 3.58% in the previous month.

Thai December exports rise 8.7% y/y, above forecast

Factory output was down 1.79% for the full year 2024.