How dependent is Vietnam 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 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 68.5 times what Vietnam buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 1.9% of what the world exports of coal tar oils; next come United States (10.3%), Netherlands (8.4%) and India (8.4%). The rest of the world exported 355.9 times what Vietnam buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 1.9% of what the world exports of soybean oil; next come Argentina (44.4%), Brazil (10%) and Netherlands (3.9%). The rest of the world exported 169.6 times what Vietnam 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 190.8 times what Vietnam buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 18.9% of what the world exports of dextrins and modified starches; next come Netherlands (13.7%), Germany (10.3%) and United States (9.4%). The rest of the world exported 130.4 times what Vietnam 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 68.6 times what Vietnam buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 2.9% of what the world exports of synthetic gemstones; next come India (38.6%), China (14.5%) and Hong Kong (13.2%). The rest of the world exported 185.1 times what Vietnam 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 182.4 times what Vietnam buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 10.4% of what the world exports of fiber cement; next come China (13.6%), United States (13%) and Belgium (6%). The rest of the world exported 70.6 times what Vietnam buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 25.2% of what the world exports of condoms and other rubber hygiene articles; next come China (17.4%), France (11.4%) and Malaysia (7.6%). The rest of the world exported 51 times what Vietnam buys from Thailand.

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

Vietnam is Thailand’s 8th-largest customer, with 3.4% of its exports.

• Trade between Vietnam and Thailand
• Who does Vietnam rely on?
• Who does Thailand rely on?
• Dependence of Vietnam on China
• Dependence of Vietnam on Argentina
• Dependence of Vietnam on Cambodia
• Dependence of Vietnam on Indonesia
• Dependence of Vietnam on Hong Kong
• Dependence of Vietnam on Australia
• Dependence of Vietnam on India
• Dependence of Vietnam on the United States
• Dependence of Vietnam on Japan
• Dependence of Vietnam on South Korea
• Dependence of Vietnam on Singapore
• Dependence of Vietnam on Germany
• Trade profile of Vietnam
• 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.