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Where does Thailand get its coal? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Thailand imported $1.6 billion of coal (18.4 million tonnes), 0.9% of the world total. Indonesia sold 76% of the total, followed by Australia (19%) and the United States (2%). Thailand was the world’s 15th-largest importer of coal.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
18.4million tonnes
Share of world total
0.9%
World rank
15th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Indonesia1.2Tonnes: 13,904,514USD per tonne: $8576.1%Sea
Australia0.3Tonnes: 3,937,292USD per tonne: $7519.1%Sea
United States0.04Tonnes: 277,343USD per tonne: $1262.3%Sea
Russia0.02Tonnes: 177,869USD per tonne: $1211.4%Sea
Vietnam< 0.01Tonnes: 18,946USD per tonne: $2480.3%Sea
Mozambique< 0.01Tonnes: 40,994USD per tonne: $910.24%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 5,344USD per tonne: $5600.19%Sea
China< 0.01Tonnes: 2,572USD per tonne: $2640.15%Sea
South Africa< 0.01Tonnes: 6,831USD per tonne: $1550.07%Sea
United Arab Emirates< 0.01Tonnes: 21,962USD per tonne: $420.06%Sea
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 2,043USD per tonne: $3920.05%Sea
India< 0.01Tonnes: 2,355USD per tonne: $2280.03%Sea
New Zealand< 0.01Tonnes: 1,602USD per tonne: $1690.02%Sea
Malaysia< 0.01Tonnes: 1,248USD per tonne: $1770.01%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 625USD per tonne: $2140.01%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 193USD per tonne: $5270.01%Sea
Taiwan< 0.01Tonnes: 142USD per tonne: $2710%Sea
Myanmar< 0.01Tonnes: 214USD per tonne: $1200%Sea
Croatia< 0.01Tonnes: 93USD per tonne: $2190%Sea
Laos< 0.01Tonnes: 90USD per tonne: $660%Land

Trend

Who it buys from

Indonesia was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Indonesia 1.2
  • Australia 0.3
  • United States 0.04
  • Russia 0.02
  • Vietnam < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Indonesia0.091.2
Australia< 0.010.3
United States< 0.010.04
Russia00.02
Vietnam< 0.01< 0.01

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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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