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Where does Thailand get its unwrought aluminum? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Thailand imported $1.6 billion of unwrought aluminum (634 thousand tonnes), 2.1% of the world total. Its main sources were Australia (19%), the United Arab Emirates (17%) and Malaysia (13%). Thailand was the world’s 13th-largest importer of unwrought aluminum.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
634thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.1%
World rank
13th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Australia300Tonnes: 120,789USD per tonne: $2,48718.7%Sea
United Arab Emirates277Tonnes: 105,901USD per tonne: $2,61917.3%Sea
Malaysia216Tonnes: 86,368USD per tonne: $2,50013.5%Land
India186Tonnes: 71,230USD per tonne: $2,61011.6%Sea
South Africa126Tonnes: 51,116USD per tonne: $2,4757.9%Sea
Qatar110Tonnes: 41,738USD per tonne: $2,6276.8%Sea
Saudi Arabia83.7Tonnes: 35,042USD per tonne: $2,3895.2%Sea
Russia81Tonnes: 31,810USD per tonne: $2,5465.1%Sea
Bahrain72Tonnes: 27,481USD per tonne: $2,6214.5%Sea
Indonesia38Tonnes: 16,707USD per tonne: $2,2752.4%Sea
China22.2Tonnes: 7,729USD per tonne: $2,8701.4%Sea
Oman20.5Tonnes: 8,492USD per tonne: $2,4191.3%Sea
New Zealand16.9Tonnes: 6,954USD per tonne: $2,4331.1%Sea
South Korea9.7Tonnes: 3,966USD per tonne: $2,4410.6%Sea
Vietnam7Tonnes: 2,735USD per tonne: $2,5770.44%Sea
Japan5.6Tonnes: 2,274USD per tonne: $2,4640.35%Sea
Taiwan5.1Tonnes: 1,828USD per tonne: $2,7780.32%Sea
Singapore re-exports3.2Tonnes: 1,540USD per tonne: $2,1010.2%Sea
United States2.7Tonnes: 1,474USD per tonne: $1,8120.17%Sea
Azerbaijan2.2Tonnes: 935USD per tonne: $2,3990.14%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Australia has been its main source since 2024

Value in USD millions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Australia 300
  • United Arab Emirates 277
  • Malaysia 216
  • India 186
  • South Africa 126

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Australia223300
United Arab Emirates52.5277
Malaysia20.5216
India3186
South Africa1.3126

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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