(Adds domestic car sales, car exports)
BANGKOK, April 25 (Reuters) - Car production in Thailand
rose 4.16% in March from a year earlier to 179,848 units, as a
shortage of microchips eased, the Federation of Thai Industries
(FTI) said on Tuesday.
Exports of cars increased 4.84% in March from a year
earlier, after February's 11.42% rise, Surapong
Paisitpattanapong, a spokesperson for FTI's automotive industry
division, told a news conference.
However, domestic car sales dropped 8.37% in March from a
year earlier, after February's 3.94% fall, due to tighter loans
for trucks as interest rates rose, he said.
In February, car production rose 6.39% 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 and Satawasin Staporncharnchai;
Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor)
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