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Trade between France and Thailand

In 2024, France exported $3.3 billion to Thailand and imported $3.9 billion. France ran a deficit of $511 million with Thailand, compared with a deficit of $658 million in 2019. Thailand was France’s 36th largest trading partner (0.5% of its trade), and France was Thailand’s 23rd (1%).

Summary

France → Thailand
$3.3billion
Thailand → France
$3.9billion
France’s balance
-$511million

Balance

France’s trade balance with Thailand

Trade between France and Thailand grew 2.1-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). France’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 3.3
  • Imports 3.9
  • Balance -0.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$2 billion$1.4 billion$504 million
1996$1.3 billion$1.5 billion-$257 million
1997$1 billion$1.5 billion-$469 million
1998$989 million$1.7 billion-$731 million
1999$1.3 billion$1.7 billion-$361 million
2000$802 million$1.7 billion-$893 million
2001$976 million$1.6 billion-$640 million
2002$874 million$1.4 billion-$522 million
2003$1.1 billion$1.6 billion-$569 million
2004$1.1 billion$1.9 billion-$809 million
2005$1.9 billion$1.9 billion$4 million
2006$1.6 billion$2.1 billion-$508 million
2007$1.5 billion$2.4 billion-$957 million
2008$1.5 billion$2.8 billion-$1.3 billion
2009$1.8 billion$2.4 billion-$571 million
2010$1.5 billion$2.7 billion-$1.2 billion
2011$2 billion$3 billion-$1 billion
2012$3 billion$2.7 billion$302 million
2013$3.8 billion$2.8 billion$1 billion
2014$2.3 billion$3 billion-$686 million
2015$2.5 billion$2.8 billion-$334 million
2016$2.5 billion$2.9 billion-$363 million
2017$3.2 billion$3.2 billion$32 million
2018$3.5 billion$3.3 billion$171 million
2019$2.7 billion$3.3 billion-$658 million
2020$2 billion$2 billion$30 million
2021$2.2 billion$2.3 billion-$173 million
2022$2.1 billion$2.7 billion-$590 million
2023$3.1 billion$3.9 billion-$763 million
2024$3.3 billion$3.9 billion-$511 million

What they sell each other

What France sells to Thailand

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Airplanes and helicopters$1.2 billion · 36.5%
    2 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$153 million · 4.6%
    2 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  3. Bags, suitcases and cases$142 million · 4.2%
    171 tonnes
  4. Makeup and skin care$111 million · 3.3%
    2 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  5. Jewelry$71 million · 2.1%
    3 tonnes · France’s destinations
  6. Spark-ignition engines$64 million · 1.9%
    35 tonnes
  7. Microchips$62 million · 1.9%
    10 tonnes · France’s destinations
  8. Turbojets and gas turbines$53 million · 1.6%
    73 tonnes · France’s destinations
  9. Wine$50 million · 1.5%
    4 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  10. Aircraft parts$45 million · 1.3%
    100 tonnes

What Thailand sells to France

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Jewelry$322 million · 8.4%
    102 tonnes · Thailand’s destinations
  2. Computer and office machine parts$307 million · 8%
    7 thousand tonnes
  3. Air conditioners$255 million · 6.6%
    16 thousand tonnes · Thailand’s destinations
  4. Motorcycles$219 million · 5.7%
    6 thousand tonnes · Thailand’s destinations
  5. Optical fibers and lenses$203 million · 5.3%
    761 tonnes
  6. Cameras and broadcast equipment$159 million · 4.1%
    169 tonnes
  7. Microchips$152 million · 3.9%
    572 tonnes · Thailand’s destinations
  8. Computers$137 million · 3.6%
    527 tonnes · Thailand’s destinations
  9. New tires$112 million · 2.9%
    13 thousand tonnes · Thailand’s destinations
  10. Natural rubber$88 million · 2.3%
    40 thousand tonnes · Thailand’s destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Le Havre to Laem Chabang.

The estimated sea route between Le Havre and Laem Chabang is 12,604 nautical miles (23,343 km) long: ≈ 29–37.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (12,604 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (9,163 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$2.9 billion · 39.9%
  2. Air$4.3 billion · 60.1%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Thailand was France’s 36th largest trading partner (0.5% of its trade), and France was Thailand’s 23rd (1%).

Thailand in France’s trade
0.5%
Thailand’s rank among France’s partners
36th
France in Thailand’s trade
1.1%
France’s rank among Thailand’s partners
23rd

Compare with

Other partners of France

Other partners of Thailand

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.