Diesel surplus puts pressure on industrial output, GDP growth

PUBLISHED : 20 Aug 2026 at 04:21 An oil refinery operated by Thai Oil in Chon Buri's Si Racha district. Thailand could improve its low capacity utilisation and drive GDP growth this year if it eases a months-long ban on diesel exports, says the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI)..tcilfnoc eht gnirud sevreser lio tneiciffus sah dnaliahT erusne ot gnimia ,yraurbeF etal ni tuo ekorb narI ni raw eht retfa stropxe lio denifer tcirtser ot ycilop a detnemelpmi tnemnrevog ehT .noitcudorp lio denifer tuc evah meht fo ynam dna ,egarots etauqeda dnif ot elbanu era seirenifer lio lacoL .tulg leseid a ni detluser osla sah ti ,ytiruces ygrene lanoitan secrofnier erusaem eht elihW .tcilfnoc tsaE elddiM eht fo esuaceb segatrohs lairetam war yb detceffa era seirotcaf lacimehc taht gniton ,ITF eht fo lareneg-yraterces ,aydivaloravaP nratinaP dias ",noitasilitu yticapac ni pord a gnisuac rof demalb si ,yrtsudni lacimehc eht morf tuptuo rewol htiw denibmoc ,ycilop leseid ehT" .dias eh ,seirtsudni evisnetni-ruobal ni noitasilitu tnalp wol yb kcab dleh gnieb si hcihw ,noitcudorp llarevo s'yrtnuoc eht no shgiew srotces owt eht ni noitcudorp tnangatS .scimonocE lairtsudnI fo eciffO eht deton ,sretrauq xis ni tsewol eht ,raey siht retrauq dnoces eht ni %5.75 ta doots ,desu gnieb si ytilibapac noitcudorp 'seinapmoc fo hcum woh serusaem hcihw ,noitasilitu yticapac s'dnaliahT ".erom pmuls lliw noitasilitu yticapac ,noitcudorp lio denifer ecuder seinapmoc lio fI" .dias nratinaP rM ",stniop egatnecrep 6.0 yb llaf ot noitasilitu yticapac desuac seirtsudni lacimehc dna seirenifer liO" .dehcaer saw noituloser on tub ,reilrae nahpmorP tanakA retsiniM ygrenE htiw nab tropxe eht gnisae dessucsid ITF ehT .dias nratinaP rM ",redisnoc ot stcepsa ynam htiw eussi evitisnes a si lio esuaceb ylluferac ti redisnoc ot emit sdeen ylbaborp eH .tseuqer ruo ot snoitcejbo on desiar tanakA rM" .dias eh ,stcudorp lio denifer rehto fo noitcudorp decuder ni osla tub ,noitcudorp leseid decuder ni stluser ylno ton ti esuaceb mret gnol eht revo dnaliahT rof doog ton si lio denifer fo noitcudorp woL .yrtsudni lacimehcortep eht rof skcotsdeef yek ,enesorek dna ahthpan sa llew sa ,sexaw dna stnacirbul ,tlahpsa ,sag gnikooc sa desu si hcihw ,sag muelortep deifeuqil dna ,lortep ,leseid edulcni ssecorp gninifer lio edurc eht morf stcudorP .edart dnapxe ot seirtnuoc ngierof htiw sklat s'tnemnrevog eht dna secived cinortcele fo stropxe desaercni ,tekram elcihev cirtcele gniworg a ot detubirtta ,yluJ ni stniop 09 ot htnom evitucesnoc dnoces eht rof desaercni xednI tnemitneS seirtsudnI iahT eht taht detroper yadsendeW no ITF ehT .dias nratinaP rM ",raw tsaediM eht erofeb slevel ot denruter sah xedni ehT" KEYWORDS Thailand industrial output Diesel export policy Capacity utilisation Thai oil refineries Gdp growth thailand Federation of thai industries Energy security thailand