TABLE-Thailand's main exports, markets in June

BANGKOK, July 27 (Reuters) - Thailand's customs-cleared

exports contracted less than expected in June, helped by

shipments of cars and gold, but demand for some key markets

remained sluggish, Commerce Ministry data showed on Wednesday.

Exports, worth about two-thirds of Southeast Asia's

second-largest economy, have been declining each year for the

past three years.

On Wednesday, the ministry had a forecast range of 1 percent

fall and 1 percent rise for exports this year. Its earlier

wo

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