Summary
- Share of its imports
- 56.4%
- Value imported
- $4.9billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 192
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 126
- Dominated value
- $4billion
- Share of total imports
- 45.6%
Trend
Trend in shares
Thailand went from 63.1% to 56.4% of what Laos buys
Share (%)
- Thailand 56.4%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 349 | 63.1% | 1 |
| 1996 | 359 | 64.9% | 1 |
| 1997 | 380 | 70.9% | 1 |
| 1998 | 364 | 74.1% | 1 |
| 1999 | 404 | 73% | 1 |
| 2000 | 380 | 63.5% | 1 |
| 2001 | 409 | 63.4% | 1 |
| 2002 | 390 | 62.3% | 1 |
| 2003 | 448 | 63.4% | 1 |
| 2004 | 566 | 60.2% | 1 |
| 2005 | 759 | 68.7% | 1 |
| 2006 | 997 | 69.3% | 1 |
| 2007 | 1,298 | 70.3% | 1 |
| 2008 | 1,755 | 69.9% | 1 |
| 2009 | 1,643 | 63.1% | 1 |
| 2010 | 2,126 | 62.8% | 1 |
| 2011 | 2,753 | 60.8% | 1 |
| 2012 | 3,401 | 58.2% | 1 |
| 2013 | 3,727 | 57% | 1 |
| 2014 | 4,159 | 57.3% | 1 |
| 2015 | 3,944 | 59.6% | 1 |
| 2016 | 3,831 | 61.3% | 1 |
| 2017 | 3,737 | 52.3% | 1 |
| 2018 | 4,108 | 56.3% | 1 |
| 2019 | 3,839 | 51.6% | 1 |
| 2020 | 3,195 | 49.5% | 1 |
| 2021 | 3,878 | 50.4% | 1 |
| 2022 | 4,544 | 50.5% | 1 |
| 2023 | 4,417 | 49.8% | 1 |
| 2024 | 4,929 | 56.4% | 1 |
Products where Thailand sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refined petroleum | Thailand | 98.1%over 75% | China · 1.7% | $1.2 billion |
| Cane and beet sugar | Thailand | 100%over 75% | South Korea · 0% | $230 million |
| Gold | Thailand | 99%over 75% | United States · 0.96% | $172 million |
| Electricity | Thailand | 95.3%over 75% | China · 4.7% | $153 million |
| Soft drinks | Thailand | 94%over 75% | Cambodia · 3.1% | $125 million |
| Tractors | Thailand | 80.6%over 75% | China · 19.2% | $95 million |
| Detergents and surfactants | Thailand | 93%over 75% | China · 5.6% | $86 million |
| Plastic packaging | Thailand | 83.2%over 75% | China · 15.7% | $80 million |
| Firewood and wood chips | Thailand | 100%over 75% | — | $80 million |
| Pasta | Thailand | 88.7%over 75% | South Korea · 7% | $56 million |
| Live cattle | Thailand | 100%over 75% | — | $51 million |
| Bread, biscuits and pastries | Thailand | 97.6%over 75% | China · 1.1% | $50 million |
| Amino acids and amino alcohols (lysine) | Thailand | 99.4%over 75% | China · 0.5% | $47 million |
| Other food preparations | Thailand | 83.1%over 75% | Singapore · 4.5% | $47 million |
| Makeup and skin care | Thailand | 87.3%over 75% | South Korea · 6.5% | $44 million |
| Fruit and vegetable juices | Thailand | 99.9%over 75% | Cyprus · 0.06% | $42 million |
| Steel bars | Thailand | 58.6% | China · 41.4% | $41 million |
| Toilet paper and tissues | Thailand | 84%over 75% | China · 15.7% | $40 million |
| Monitors and projectors | Thailand | 85.8%over 75% | China · 12.4% | $40 million |
| Other plastic articles | Thailand | 72.9% | China · 18.1% | $39 million |
| Other iron or steel articles | Thailand | 69.9% | China · 27.9% | $39 million |
| Pet and animal feed | Thailand | 94.8%over 75% | China · 4.1% | $38 million |
| Instant coffee and tea extracts | Thailand | 98.9%over 75% | China · 0.79% | $36 million |
| Diesel engines | Thailand | 68.8% | China · 30.8% | $35 million |
| Sauces and condiments | Thailand | 94.8%over 75% | China · 4.1% | $35 million |
| Rice | Thailand | 91.5%over 75% | South Korea · 6.9% | $34 million |
| Cement | Thailand | 98.3%over 75% | China · 1.7% | $33 million |
| Auto parts | Thailand | 60.9% | China · 31.6% | $33 million |
| Malt extract and food mixes | Thailand | 98.9%over 75% | Japan · 0.82% | $31 million |
| Fiber cement | Thailand | 98.7%over 75% | China · 1.3% | $29 million |
and 162 more
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- Thailand sells 0.84% of what the world exports of refined petroleum; next come United States (11.7%), Singapore (6.3%) and South Korea (5.9%). The rest of the world exported 683.6 times what Laos buys from Thailand.
- Thailand sells 6.2% of what the world exports of cane and beet sugar; next come Brazil (47.2%), India (4.9%) and France (4%). The rest of the world exported 169.8 times what Laos buys from Thailand.
- Thailand sells 1.5% of what the world exports of gold; next come Switzerland (19.2%), United Arab Emirates (10.6%) and Hong Kong (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 3,171.7 times what Laos buys from Thailand.
- Thailand sells 0.39% of what the world exports of electricity; next come France (14%), Germany (6.8%) and Switzerland (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 393.1 times what Laos buys from Thailand.
- Thailand sells 5.6% of what the world exports of soft drinks; next come Austria (9.8%), Germany (8.4%) and Netherlands (7.9%). The rest of the world exported 224.1 times what Laos buys from Thailand.
- Thailand sells 0.8% of what the world exports of tractors; next come Mexico (15.9%), Germany (14.8%) and China (10.3%). The rest of the world exported 731.8 times what Laos buys from Thailand.
- Thailand sells 1.6% of what the world exports of detergents and surfactants; next come Germany (10.8%), United States (9.5%) and China (8.8%). The rest of the world exported 535.3 times what Laos buys from Thailand.
- Thailand sells 1.8% of what the world exports of plastic packaging; next come China (19.5%), United States (10.1%) and Germany (9.7%). The rest of the world exported 825.5 times what Laos buys from Thailand.
- Thailand sells 3.8% of what the world exports of firewood and wood chips; next come Vietnam (28%), United States (18%) and Australia (7%). The rest of the world exported 177.9 times what Laos buys from Thailand.
- Thailand sells 4.5% of what the world exports of pasta; next come Italy (28.2%), South Korea (9%) and China (7.6%). The rest of the world exported 277.7 times what Laos buys from Thailand.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from Thailand
Laos is Thailand’s 19th-largest customer, with 1.4% of its exports.
Links
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.