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Who buys Thailand’s sugar? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Thailand exported $2.6 billion of sugar (4 million tonnes), 6.2% of the world total. Its main destinations were Indonesia (22%), Cambodia (18%) and South Korea (11%). Thailand was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of sugar.

Summary

Value
$2.6billion
Tonnes
4million tonnes
Share of world total
6.2%
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
Indonesia577Tonnes: 976,305USD per tonne: $59122.2%Sea
Cambodia473Tonnes: 619,144USD per tonne: $76418.2%Sea
South Korea297Tonnes: 489,789USD per tonne: $60711.4%Sea
Laos230Tonnes: 372,288USD per tonne: $6188.9%Land
Malaysia186Tonnes: 241,929USD per tonne: $7677.1%Sea
Philippines132Tonnes: 195,823USD per tonne: $6725.1%Sea
Vietnam127Tonnes: 240,523USD per tonne: $5264.9%Sea
Taiwan116Tonnes: 139,205USD per tonne: $8364.5%Sea
Singapore re-exports83Tonnes: 118,219USD per tonne: $7023.2%Sea
Japan78.2Tonnes: 120,873USD per tonne: $6473%Sea
China51Tonnes: 91,257USD per tonne: $5582%Sea
New Zealand46Tonnes: 75,225USD per tonne: $6111.8%Sea
Myanmar42.2Tonnes: 75,815USD per tonne: $5571.6%Sea
Tanzania19.9Tonnes: 27,892USD per tonne: $7150.77%Sea
Papua New Guinea18.5Tonnes: 29,442USD per tonne: $6290.71%Sea
United States17.9Tonnes: 20,257USD per tonne: $8840.69%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports11.6Tonnes: 16,621USD per tonne: $7000.45%Sea
United Arab Emirates10.6Tonnes: 17,004USD per tonne: $6240.41%Sea
Kenya9.2Tonnes: 18,890USD per tonne: $4890.36%Sea
Uganda8.4Tonnes: 12,877USD per tonne: $6510.32%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Indonesia has been its main destination since 2007

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

  • Indonesia 0.58
  • Cambodia 0.47
  • South Korea 0.3
  • Laos 0.23
  • Malaysia 0.19

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Indonesia0.120.58
Cambodia0.010.47
South Korea0.130.3
Laos0.010.23
Malaysia0.080.19

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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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