90% of Japanese companies in Thailand have negative sales Impact of new corona June 30 22:04
According to a survey conducted by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan, 90% of Japanese companies operating in Thailand have a negative impact on their business performance due to the spread of new coronavirus infection.
This survey is conducted twice a year by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in Bangkok, and this time it was conducted from 1733 member companies from last month to this month, and 631 companies obtained responses.
As a result, regarding the impact of the new coronavirus, it was found that 88% of companies answered that it had a negative impact on sales.
The breakdown,
9% "50% or more negative" is
48% "minus less than 20% to 50%",
"negative 5% less than 20%" becomes like 27%,
reduced sales of 20% or more More than half of the companies say that
When asked about the specific impact with multiple answers,
77% were "deceleration of consumption and decrease in sales in Thailand
", 68% were "lost business opportunities", and
"obstacles to project implementation due to immigration restrictions" were 65 %. It has become%.
In Thailand, many Japanese companies, including major companies such as Toyota Motor Corporation, have made inroads, demonstrating the serious impact of these companies.
According to Atsushi Takeya, the head of the JETRO-Japan External Trade Organization Bangkok Office, who was in charge of the survey, “it is a tough number that we have never seen in Thailand, like in the world”.