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Who buys Thailand’s tuna? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Thailand exported $2.5 billion of tuna (580 thousand tonnes), 17% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (22%), Japan (9%) and Australia (8%). Thailand was the world’s largest exporter of tuna.

Summary

Value
$2.5billion
Tonnes
580thousand tonnes
Share of world total
17%
World rank
1st
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 States547Tonnes: 116,892USD per tonne: $4,67822.2%Sea
Japan224Tonnes: 44,523USD per tonne: $5,0259.1%Sea
Australia202Tonnes: 39,814USD per tonne: $5,0708.2%Sea
Libya160Tonnes: 41,090USD per tonne: $3,8856.5%Sea
Saudi Arabia148Tonnes: 35,608USD per tonne: $4,1626%Sea
United Arab Emirates131Tonnes: 30,032USD per tonne: $4,3475.3%Sea
Canada122Tonnes: 28,981USD per tonne: $4,2235%Sea
Egypt112Tonnes: 34,772USD per tonne: $3,2304.6%Sea
Israel109Tonnes: 23,772USD per tonne: $4,5844.4%Sea
Peru50.1Tonnes: 11,065USD per tonne: $4,5262%Sea
Chile47.9Tonnes: 13,808USD per tonne: $3,4692%Sea
Vietnam39.2Tonnes: 18,339USD per tonne: $2,1401.6%Sea
Switzerland38.4Tonnes: 6,743USD per tonne: $5,6951.6%Sea
South Africa37.7Tonnes: 9,899USD per tonne: $3,8061.5%Sea
United Kingdom32.3Tonnes: 5,900USD per tonne: $5,4761.3%Sea
New Zealand31.3Tonnes: 6,133USD per tonne: $5,0981.3%Sea
Russia29.3Tonnes: 7,023USD per tonne: $4,1761.2%Sea
Yemen26.7Tonnes: 6,347USD per tonne: $4,2051.1%Sea
Lebanon22.4Tonnes: 4,389USD per tonne: $5,1080.91%Sea
Kuwait19.3Tonnes: 3,824USD per tonne: $5,0490.78%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • United States 547
  • Japan 224
  • Australia 202
  • Libya 160
  • Saudi Arabia 148

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States167547
Japan84224
Australia28.6202
Libya4160
Saudi Arabia14.5148

Sources and methodology

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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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