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Who buys Thailand’s rice? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Thailand exported $6.7 billion of rice (10.2 million tonnes), 17.2% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (13%), Indonesia (13%) and Iraq (9%). Thailand was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of rice.

Summary

Value
$6.7billion
Tonnes
10.2million tonnes
Share of world total
17.2%
World rank
2nd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States879Tonnes: 866,456USD per tonne: $1,01513.1%Sea
Indonesia853Tonnes: 1,351,754USD per tonne: $63112.8%Sea
Iraq607Tonnes: 997,185USD per tonne: $6099.1%Sea
South Africa488Tonnes: 837,124USD per tonne: $5837.3%Sea
Philippines302Tonnes: 632,329USD per tonne: $4774.5%Sea
China275Tonnes: 437,040USD per tonne: $6284.1%Sea
Japan213Tonnes: 319,120USD per tonne: $6683.2%Sea
Côte d'Ivoire190Tonnes: 322,591USD per tonne: $5882.8%Sea
Cameroon165Tonnes: 306,510USD per tonne: $5372.5%Sea
Benin154Tonnes: 237,072USD per tonne: $6502.3%Sea
Senegal147Tonnes: 408,235USD per tonne: $3602.2%Sea
Malaysia139Tonnes: 205,254USD per tonne: $6782.1%Sea
Mozambique134Tonnes: 266,642USD per tonne: $5042%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports134Tonnes: 155,280USD per tonne: $8642%Sea
Angola127Tonnes: 161,392USD per tonne: $7881.9%Sea
Brazil108Tonnes: 158,764USD per tonne: $6821.6%Sea
Yemen108Tonnes: 190,698USD per tonne: $5651.6%Sea
Mexico103Tonnes: 145,389USD per tonne: $7111.5%Sea
Singapore re-exports94.2Tonnes: 112,998USD per tonne: $8341.4%Sea
Canada93.9Tonnes: 120,946USD per tonne: $7761.4%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • United States 879
  • Indonesia 853
  • Iraq 607
  • South Africa 488
  • Philippines 302

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States105879
Indonesia193853
Iraq1.6607
South Africa83.4488
Philippines33.1302

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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