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Det finns nu statistik på att dom utländska investerarna i allt mindre omfattning söker tillstånd för att investera i Thailand http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Foreign-corporate-investment-plunges-in-1st-half
Enligt Thailand Board of Investment har under perioden Januari till Juni period har utländska investerare ansökt om att investera 26.8 billion baht ($757 million) i Thailand vilket är en minskning på 89%. , raset är till stor del beroende på minskad efterfrågan.
Även antalet ansökningar sjönk kraftigt med 46% till 219, Kina övertog platsen som största investerare ifrån Japan med 8.5 miljarder baht vilket är minus 10%, Japan är nu tvåa med 6.9 miljarder baht vilket är minus 91% jämfört med tidigare.
Det är minskad efterfrågan i kombination med nya regler som infördes vid årsskiftet som ligger bakom oviljan att investera i Thailand, dom skattefördelar utländska investerare fick av regeringen före kuppen för att investera t.ex inom "aviation, electrical appliance designoch software development", allt stöd till utländska företag som var villiga att investera ute i provinserna är också borta nu.
Dessa beslut av juntan verkar få förödande konsekvenser för viljan av utlänningar att investera i Thailand.
Business in Thailand
Foreign corporate investment plunges in 1st half
TAMAKI KYOZUKA, Nikkei staff writer

Shipping containers stand at a port in Bangkok on March 30. © Reuters
Bangkok -- Applications by foreign companies to invest in Thailand have nosedived following the introduction in January of rules that reduce or remove incentives in certain industries.
According to the Thailand Board of Investment, in the January to June period, foreign businesses submitted requests to invest 26.8 billion baht ($757 million) in the country, down 89% on the year. The plunge is largely a reaction to a jump in demand at the end of last year, before the changes took effect.
The number of applications also shrank, sliding 46% to 219. The large gap in the ratios suggests that companies may be investing only small amounts to see how the new system plays out.
China overtook Japan as the largest investor, at 8.5 billion baht, down 10% and accounting for roughly 30% of the total. Japan was next, at 6.9 billion baht, a drop of 91%.
Japan long held the top spot for investing in Thailand. But the data from the investment board shows that the new rules have made Japanese companies more hesitant than their Chinese counterparts about pumping money into the Southeast Asian country.
Industry overhaul
The new rules were created to advance Thai industry, which is experiencing a combination of a labor shortage and rising wages. Under the latest investment guidelines, high value-added industries, such as aviation, electrical appliance design and software development, are exempt from corporate taxes for eight years.
Meanwhile, benefits were reduced for companies engaged in simple metal processing and scrapped altogether for sewing and other labor-intensive operations. The number of industries that qualify for benefits has been reduced from 243 to 190.
Thailand also removed all sweeteners for businesses setting up operations far from the capital.
Foreign companies, primarily Japanese businesses, scrambled to turn in applications at the end of the year, immediately before the new rules were introduced. As a result, investment requests for all of 2014 jumped 95% on the year to a record 1.02 trillion baht.
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