(Adds domestic car sales, car exports)
BANGKOK, March 23 (Reuters) - Car production in Thailand
rose 6.39% in February from a year earlier to 165,612 units, as
a shortage of microchips eased and car exports increased, the
Federation of Thai Industries said on Thursday.
Car exports climbed 11.42% in February from a year earlier,
after January's 24.28% rise, Surapong Paisitpattanapong, a
spokesperson for FTI's automotive industry division, told a news
conference.
Domestic sales, however, dropped 3.94% in February from a
year earlier, after January's 5.58% fall, due to an unexpected
sharp decrease in truck sales, he said.
In January, car production rose 4.02% year-on-year.
Thailand is a regional vehicle production and export base
for some of the world's top car makers, including Toyota and Honda .
(Reporting by Orathai Sriring, Kitiphong Thaichareon and
Satawasin Staporncharnchai; Editing by Ed Davies)
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