How dependent is Myanmar on Thailand?

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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 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 201.7 times what Myanmar buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 3.7% of what the world exports of polyethylene; next come United States (19.4%), Saudi Arabia (12.9%) and South Korea (6.7%). The rest of the world exported 1,015 times what Myanmar buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 1.1% of what the world exports of harvesters and farm machinery; next come Germany (16.9%), China (15.9%) and United States (13.8%). The rest of the world exported 406.6 times what Myanmar buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 1.1% of what the world exports of makeup and skin care; next come France (18.9%), South Korea (12.9%) and United States (9.7%). The rest of the world exported 1,109.2 times what Myanmar 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 753.9 times what Myanmar buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 2.2% of what the world exports of cement; next come Turkey (9.6%), Vietnam (9.5%) and Egypt (7.1%). The rest of the world exported 262.6 times what Myanmar buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 1.2% of what the world exports of bread, biscuits and pastries; next come Germany (10.2%), Canada (9.7%) and Italy (7.8%). The rest of the world exported 1,215 times what Myanmar buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 6.8% of what the world exports of pet and animal feed; next come Germany (9.9%), United States (9.5%) and Netherlands (8.9%). The rest of the world exported 943.6 times what Myanmar 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 346.8 times what Myanmar 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 923.6 times what Myanmar buys from Thailand.

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

Myanmar is Thailand’s 22nd-largest customer, with 1.1% of its exports.

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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.