The significant growth of FDI in the manufacturing export in Thailand leads to question as
follow; what are the impacts of FDI on manufacturing export of industry in Thailand; what is
the relationship of FDI and manufacturing export from source countries to Thailand. In other
words, it tests whether the relationship between FDI and manufacturing export is
complementary or substitution. Thus, the objectives of this paper are twofold. The first
objective of this paper is to examine the impacts of FDI on manufacturing export in Thailand.
The second objective is to investigate the relationship of FDI and manufacturing export from source country to Thailand. The study covers the period during 1999-2010 when FDI and
manufacturing export was in the recovery period from the crisis in 1997. Furthermore, FDI
and manufacturing export were in high growth periods.