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Where does Thailand get its electric cables? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Thailand imported $2.3 billion of electric cables (241 thousand tonnes), 1.4% of the world total. China sold 54% of the total, followed by the United States (9%) and Vietnam (6%). Thailand was the world’s 20th-largest importer of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$2.3billion
Tonnes
241thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.4%
World rank
20th
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
China1.2Tonnes: 99,486USD per tonne: $12,52854%Sea
United States0.21Tonnes: 72,510USD per tonne: $2,9549.3%Sea
Vietnam0.15Tonnes: 7,276USD per tonne: $20,2396.4%Sea
Japan0.1Tonnes: 6,161USD per tonne: $16,9834.5%Sea
Cambodia0.1Tonnes: 4,633USD per tonne: $22,1114.4%Land
Malaysia0.1Tonnes: 8,606USD per tonne: $11,1244.2%Land
Philippines0.05Tonnes: 2,229USD per tonne: $23,8182.3%Sea
Indonesia0.05Tonnes: 3,370USD per tonne: $15,0702.2%Sea
South Korea0.05Tonnes: 9,493USD per tonne: $5,3352.2%Sea
Germany0.02Tonnes: 876USD per tonne: $25,1090.95%Sea
Mexico0.02Tonnes: 501USD per tonne: $41,2430.9%Sea
Taiwan0.02Tonnes: 2,498USD per tonne: $8,2140.89%Sea
Myanmar0.02Tonnes: 640USD per tonne: $27,0970.75%Land
Laos0.02Tonnes: 348USD per tonne: $44,1190.67%Land
Singapore re-exports0.01Tonnes: 1,541USD per tonne: $9,7220.65%Air
India0.01Tonnes: 1,242USD per tonne: $11,9230.64%Sea
Switzerland0.01Tonnes: 729USD per tonne: $19,1820.61%Sea
Romania0.01Tonnes: 199USD per tonne: $70,0310.61%Air
Costa Rica0.01Tonnes: 132USD per tonne: $67,1420.38%Air
United Kingdom0.01Tonnes: 2,281USD per tonne: $3,6730.36%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2005

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

  • China 1.2
  • United States 0.21
  • Vietnam 0.15
  • Japan 0.1
  • Cambodia 0.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.011.2
United States0.090.21
Vietnam00.15
Japan0.130.1
Cambodia00.1

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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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