| THAI ZINC EXPORTS FALL IN MARCH | |
| Thai zinc ingot exports fell to 882 | |
| tonnes in March from 1,764 in February and 3,008 in March 1986, | |
| the Mineral Resources Department said. | |
| A spokesman for Padaeng Industry Co Ltd, the country's sole | |
| exporter, attributed the decline to the company's lower stocks, | |
| which averaged 5,000 tonnes in the first quarter against 16,000 | |
| tonnes in late 1985 when it began exporting. | |
| The department said major buyers included China, Japan, the | |
| Philippines, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. | |
| Thailand exported 4,842 tonnes of zinc ingots during the | |
| first quarter, down from 14,937 a year ago. | |