How dependent is Thailand on Japan?

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%.

• Japan sells 13.9% of what the world exports of hot-rolled flat steel; next come China (28.1%), South Korea (9%) and Germany (4.5%). The rest of the world exported 44.8 times what Thailand buys from Japan.
• Japan sells 14.7% of what the world exports of alloy steel sheet; next come China (16.4%), Germany (11%) and South Korea (7.9%). The rest of the world exported 34.7 times what Thailand buys from Japan.
• Japan sells 7.7% of what the world exports of engine parts; next come Germany (19.1%), China (11.7%) and United States (8.3%). The rest of the world exported 105.4 times what Thailand buys from Japan.
• Japan sells 16.3% of what the world exports of spark plugs, starters and ignition equipment; next come China (16.8%), United States (10.1%) and Germany (8.6%). The rest of the world exported 58.9 times what Thailand buys from Japan.
• Japan sells 12.4% of what the world exports of copper plates and strip; next come Germany (22.3%), China (13.2%) and South Korea (7.5%). The rest of the world exported 32.1 times what Thailand buys from Japan.
• Japan sells 9.7% of what the world exports of cast and rolled glass; next come South Korea (30.8%), China (21.5%) and United States (14.1%). The rest of the world exported 16.6 times what Thailand buys from Japan.
• Japan sells 10.9% of what the world exports of other ceramic articles; next come China (23.6%), Spain (15.2%) and United States (6.9%). The rest of the world exported 24.6 times what Thailand buys from Japan.
• Japan sells 15% of what the world exports of carbide inserts and tips; next come Germany (16.4%), China (10.6%) and Israel (8.8%). The rest of the world exported 75 times what Thailand buys from Japan.
• Japan sells 10.4% of what the world exports of alloy steel wire; next come China (21.9%), South Korea (9.1%) and Germany (7.1%). The rest of the world exported 46.5 times what Thailand buys from Japan.
• Japan sells 58.5% of what the world exports of photographic chemicals; next come South Korea (11.4%), United States (8.2%) and Taiwan (5.5%). The rest of the world exported 62 times what Thailand buys from Japan.

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

Thailand is Japan’s 6th-largest customer, with 3.5% of its exports.

• Trade between Thailand and Japan
• Who does Thailand rely on?
• Who does Japan rely on?
• Dependence of Thailand on China
• Dependence of Thailand on Taiwan
• Dependence of Thailand on Brazil
• Dependence of Thailand on Laos
• Dependence of Thailand on Indonesia
• Dependence of Thailand on France
• Dependence of Thailand on the United States
• Dependence of Thailand on Singapore
• Dependence of Thailand on Myanmar
• Trade profile of Thailand
• Trade profile of Japan
• 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.