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Trade between Ireland and Thailand

In 2024, Ireland exported $483 million to Thailand and imported $1.2 billion. Ireland ran a deficit of $681 million with Thailand, compared with a deficit of $81 million in 2019. Thailand was Ireland’s 31st largest trading partner (0.4% of its trade), and Ireland was Thailand’s 37th (0.3%).

Summary

Ireland → Thailand
$483million
Thailand → Ireland
$1.2billion
Ireland’s balance
-$681million

Balance

Ireland’s trade balance with Thailand

Trade between Ireland and Thailand grew 7.9-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 0.5
  • Imports 1.2
  • Balance -0.7

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$79 million$130 million-$51 million
1996$140 million$249 million-$110 million
1997$124 million$282 million-$158 million
1998$93 million$209 million-$116 million
1999$90 million$191 million-$101 million
2000$145 million$246 million-$101 million
2001$164 million$334 million-$169 million
2002$133 million$285 million-$152 million
2003$141 million$390 million-$248 million
2004$186 million$497 million-$311 million
2005$207 million$485 million-$277 million
2006$201 million$675 million-$474 million
2007$228 million$621 million-$393 million
2008$275 million$597 million-$323 million
2009$238 million$380 million-$143 million
2010$279 million$331 million-$52 million
2011$280 million$364 million-$85 million
2012$277 million$384 million-$108 million
2013$266 million$475 million-$209 million
2014$350 million$535 million-$184 million
2015$388 million$636 million-$248 million
2016$425 million$504 million-$79 million
2017$384 million$443 million-$59 million
2018$348 million$509 million-$161 million
2019$380 million$461 million-$81 million
2020$315 million$615 million-$300 million
2021$411 million$608 million-$197 million
2022$373 million$824 million-$451 million
2023$521 million$667 million-$146 million
2024$483 million$1.2 billion-$681 million

What they sell each other

What Ireland sells to Thailand

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

  1. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$75 million · 15.6%
    262 tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  2. Vaccines, blood and antisera$72 million · 14.9%
    20 tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  3. Malt extract and food mixes$45 million · 9.3%
    13 thousand tonnes
  4. Orthopedic and hearing devices$38 million · 8%
    37 tonnes
  5. Optical fibers and lenses$34 million · 7.1%
    265 tonnes
  6. Medical and dental instruments$29 million · 6.1%
    65 tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  7. Other plastic articles$28 million · 5.8%
    241 tonnes
  8. Computer and office machine parts$22 million · 4.6%
    109 tonnes
  9. Other food preparations$21 million · 4.3%
    5 thousand tonnes
  10. Microchips$14 million · 2.8%
    4 tonnes · Ireland’s destinations

What Thailand sells to Ireland

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

  1. Computer and office machine parts$524 million · 45%
    2 thousand tonnes
  2. Cameras and broadcast equipment$194 million · 16.7%
    269 tonnes
  3. Prepared meat$93 million · 8%
    18 thousand tonnes
  4. Computers$63 million · 5.4%
    74 tonnes · Thailand’s destinations
  5. Jewelry$26 million · 2.2%
    6 tonnes · Thailand’s destinations
  6. Synthetic gemstones$24 million · 2.1%
  7. Microchips$21 million · 1.8%
    69 tonnes · Thailand’s destinations
  8. Transformers and power supplies$16 million · 1.3%
    55 tonnes
  9. New tires$14 million · 1.2%
    4 thousand tonnes · Thailand’s destinations
  10. Air conditioners$13 million · 1.1%
    743 tonnes · Thailand’s destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Dublin to Laem Chabang.

The estimated sea route between Dublin and Laem Chabang is 12,625 nautical miles (23,381 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 (12,625 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (9,186 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$350 million · 21.2%
  2. Air$1.3 billion · 78.8%

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

How much each matters to the other

Thailand was Ireland’s 31st largest trading partner (0.4% of its trade), and Ireland was Thailand’s 37th (0.3%).

Thailand in Ireland’s trade
0.4%
Thailand’s rank among Ireland’s partners
31st
Ireland in Thailand’s trade
0.3%
Ireland’s rank among Thailand’s partners
37th

Compare with

Other partners of Ireland

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.