Losses due to Flood Thailand Southeast Asia Reaches $ 56.7 Billion
Loss due to flooding in Bangkok, Thailand, prolonged it imposes to the rest of Southeast Asia. The value of the losses reached US $ 6.3 billion or approximately USD $ 56.7 billion.
The losses resulting from the reduced production of many goods from the country's white elephant for supplying neighbouring countries. In addition, the economic crisis in Europe and United States (U.S.) has also contributed to the loss.
Stopping delivery products that imposes to the economy of Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam, finally his grind gross domestic product (GDP) of around 0.9% based on regional Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (PACIFIC (UNESCAP)) of the UNITED NATIONS in the written description that quoted AFP, Saturday (10/12/2011).
Is the second largest Thailanda of producing computer hard disk, so that stopping of production due to flooding can affect the production of the world at the beginning of 2012 notebook later.
Many agricultural fields also devastated Thailand hit by flooding, but 7% of rice production in South East Asia to rely on imports from Thailand. This also resulted in the depletion of world rice production up to 1.4%.
Flood disaster this inhibits the growth of the economy of the region in 2012 to only 6.6%, from the previous estimate of 7.2%.
"Miss the mark of the target, even though the economy in the Asia Pacific region will continue to grow and become the highest in the world," said Chief Economist (UNESCAP) Nagesh Kumar told reporters.
Thailand's economy will go up to its own predicted 4.5% in the next year, after the second restoration of the floods, while this year the economy will grow only 2%.
