Thai exports in April fell 26.1 percent year-on-year, Thailand's Commerce Ministry announced on Wednesday.
The Ministry's Permanent Secretary Siripol Yodmuangcharoen was quoted by the Thai News Agency as saying that Thai exports in April in total were valued at 10.4 billion U.S dollars. He said the sharp drop followed March's 23.1 percent decline.
Thailand exported goods valued at 44.216 billion U.S. dollars during the first four months of 2009 while it imports totaled 36.566 billion U.S. dollars, enabling the country to enjoy a trade surplus of 7.65 billion U.S dollars, Siripol said.
Exports and imports during the period both declined, 21.9 percent for exports and 37.3 percent for imports in terms of value compared with the corresponding period of 2008, he said.
Siripol said exports fell due to declining purchasing power in the world market.