Industrial Statistics
Industrial statistics presented in this chapter were obtained from the Department of industrial Works,
the Office of the Board of Investment, the Department of Primary Industry and Mines, Ministry of Industry
and the National Statistical Office.
Industrial
It’s statistics contains data on operated industrial establishment as permitted by Ministry
in accordance with factory Act B.E.
2535 (1992)
, capital and number of persons engaged.
Industrial statistics derived such industrial information from Industrial census
. The
National Statistical Office carried out the first Industrial Census in
1964
and having conducted the second
in
1997
. The census has carried out every
10
years. As for the
2007
Industrial Census it is the third census.
Its operation plan has been divided into two stages. First stage, it is to collect the listing which is the basic
information of establishments with at least one person engaged or more in all economic activities. Second
stage, it is to collect the enumeration which is the detailed information of manufacturing establishments.
Mineral Industry
is an important industry that enhanced national development. More than
40
kinds of minerals were produced domestically which could be catagorized into
8
groups according to their
industrial utilizations as follows:
1.
Mineral Fuels and Energy group: Lignite and Anthracite
2.
Base and Light Metals and Rare Earth group: Tin, Lead ore, Zine ore, Iron ore, Aluminium,
Manganese, Copper, Tungsten, Columbite-Tantalite and Zircon
3.
Precious Metals and Precious Stone group
:
Gold and Gem stone
4.
Cement Industrial Minerals group
:
Limstone, Shale, Gypsum and Marl
5.
Dimension Stone group: Industrial rock construction, Marble, Granite and Dimension stone
6.
Ceramic Industrial Minerals group: Kaolin, Feldspar, Dolomite, Ball clay, Glass sand and Quartz
7.
Fertilizer and Chemicals Industrial Minerals group: Potash Rock Salt Perlite and Phosphate
8.
Other Industrial Minerals group: Barite, Fluorite, Calcite, Talc, Diatomite and Bentonite
Investment Promotion
The Board of Investment (BOI) is government agency responsible for
conducting extensive investment promotion activities to the potential investments. In determining the
suitability of investment for promotion, it should be significant investment that actually benefit to the
economy, social and security of country. Apart from this, the priority is given to the investments having the
