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Where does Thailand get its tuna? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Thailand imported $1.6 billion of tuna (911 thousand tonnes), 11.2% of the world total. Its main sources were Taiwan (15%), China (13%) and Micronesia (12%). Thailand was the world’s largest importer of tuna.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
911thousand tonnes
Share of world total
11.2%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Taiwan249Tonnes: 153,010USD per tonne: $1,62515.3%Sea
China217Tonnes: 62,779USD per tonne: $3,45113.3%Sea
Micronesia202Tonnes: 124,533USD per tonne: $1,62312.4%Sea
South Korea157Tonnes: 107,700USD per tonne: $1,4579.6%Sea
Indonesia144Tonnes: 54,365USD per tonne: $2,6448.8%Sea
Nauru142Tonnes: 91,471USD per tonne: $1,5478.7%Sea
Vanuatu88.7Tonnes: 57,445USD per tonne: $1,5445.5%Sea
Kiribati68.8Tonnes: 45,676USD per tonne: $1,5054.2%Sea
Marshall Islands59.5Tonnes: 35,405USD per tonne: $1,6803.7%Sea
Tuvalu54Tonnes: 36,114USD per tonne: $1,4953.3%Sea
Japan49.9Tonnes: 33,026USD per tonne: $1,5113.1%Sea
Maldives47.8Tonnes: 27,897USD per tonne: $1,7142.9%Sea
Papua New Guinea41.9Tonnes: 25,877USD per tonne: $1,6202.6%Sea
Vietnam22.8Tonnes: 5,988USD per tonne: $3,8011.4%Sea
Mauritius16.2Tonnes: 6,631USD per tonne: $2,4360.99%Sea
Malaysia13.2Tonnes: 10,806USD per tonne: $1,2190.81%Land
Spain12.3Tonnes: 6,866USD per tonne: $1,7860.75%Sea
Pakistan8.9Tonnes: 6,265USD per tonne: $1,4170.55%Sea
Fiji5.4Tonnes: 1,849USD per tonne: $2,9200.33%Sea
Philippines4.4Tonnes: 2,452USD per tonne: $1,8140.27%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Taiwan was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Taiwan 249
  • China 217
  • Micronesia 202
  • South Korea 157
  • Indonesia 144

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Taiwan103249
China0.13217
Micronesia35.3202
South Korea35.2157
Indonesia6.4144

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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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