How dependent is Malaysia on Thailand?

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%.

• Thailand sells 2.6% of what the world exports of dredgers and floating cranes; next come China (23.7%), South Korea (12.3%) and Saudi Arabia (9.9%). The rest of the world exported 48 times what Malaysia buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 6.2% of what the world exports of trucks; next come Mexico (19.7%), United States (11.3%) and Germany (7.6%). The rest of the world exported 389 times what Malaysia buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 4.4% of what the world exports of poultry meat; next come Brazil (26.3%), United States (12.9%) and Poland (12.7%). The rest of the world exported 100.3 times what Malaysia buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 4.2% of what the world exports of particle board and OSB; next come Canada (22.2%), Germany (7.5%) and Austria (6.8%). The rest of the world exported 101.9 times what Malaysia 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 348.9 times what Malaysia buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 8.2% of what the world exports of tugboats; next come Saudi Arabia (24.9%), China (11.2%) and Turkey (8.7%). The rest of the world exported 69.7 times what Malaysia buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 8% of what the world exports of fiberboard (MDF); next come Germany (15.1%), China (10.4%) and Turkey (8.5%). The rest of the world exported 184.9 times what Malaysia buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 11.6% of what the world exports of gypsum and plaster; next come Spain (15%), Oman (11.2%) and Germany (9.7%). The rest of the world exported 37.5 times what Malaysia buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 2.2% of what the world exports of ice cream; next come Germany (11.7%), France (11.5%) and Belgium (9.1%). The rest of the world exported 147.4 times what Malaysia buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 1.1% of what the world exports of live cattle; next come Canada (14.8%), France (14.2%) and Mexico (11%). The rest of the world exported 460.2 times what Malaysia buys from Thailand.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Malaysia is Thailand’s 6th-largest customer, with 3.8% of its exports.

• Trade between Malaysia and Thailand
• Who does Malaysia rely on?
• Who does Thailand rely on?
• Dependence of Malaysia on China
• Dependence of Malaysia on Indonesia
• Dependence of Malaysia on Australia
• Dependence of Malaysia on Brazil
• Dependence of Malaysia on the United States
• Dependence of Malaysia on Argentina
• Dependence of Malaysia on Singapore
• Dependence of Malaysia on Japan
• Dependence of Malaysia on India
• Trade profile of Malaysia
• Trade profile of Thailand
• All countries

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.