Summary
- Thailand → United Arab Emirates
- $3.6billion
- United Arab Emirates → Thailand
- $17.4billion
- Thailand’s balance
- -$13.7billion
Balance
Thailand’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates
Trade between Thailand and the United Arab Emirates grew 12.5-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Thailand’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 3.6
- Imports 17.4
- Balance -13.7
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $1 billion | $678 million | $322 million |
| 1996 | $676 million | $779 million | -$103 million |
| 1997 | $563 million | $853 million | -$290 million |
| 1998 | $533 million | $716 million | -$183 million |
| 1999 | $549 million | $873 million | -$324 million |
| 2000 | $568 million | $1.8 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2001 | $623 million | $1.5 billion | -$907 million |
| 2002 | $694 million | $1.4 billion | -$732 million |
| 2003 | $722 million | $2 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2004 | $936 million | $3.7 billion | -$2.8 billion |
| 2005 | $956 million | $5.7 billion | -$4.7 billion |
| 2006 | $1.4 billion | $7.2 billion | -$5.8 billion |
| 2007 | $2.1 billion | $6.9 billion | -$4.8 billion |
| 2008 | $2.7 billion | $11.3 billion | -$8.6 billion |
| 2009 | $2.5 billion | $6.7 billion | -$4.2 billion |
| 2010 | $2.8 billion | $8.7 billion | -$5.8 billion |
| 2011 | $2.8 billion | $14.5 billion | -$11.7 billion |
| 2012 | $3.7 billion | $15.7 billion | -$12 billion |
| 2013 | $3.1 billion | $17.3 billion | -$14.2 billion |
| 2014 | $3.1 billion | $12.7 billion | -$9.6 billion |
| 2015 | $3.2 billion | $8.2 billion | -$5 billion |
| 2016 | $2.8 billion | $6.1 billion | -$3.2 billion |
| 2017 | $3.6 billion | $7.5 billion | -$3.8 billion |
| 2018 | $3.4 billion | $10.8 billion | -$7.4 billion |
| 2019 | $3.4 billion | $7.5 billion | -$4.1 billion |
| 2020 | $3 billion | $5.4 billion | -$2.5 billion |
| 2021 | $3.9 billion | $9.2 billion | -$5.4 billion |
| 2022 | $4.8 billion | $17.1 billion | -$12.3 billion |
| 2023 | $5.3 billion | $15.8 billion | -$10.5 billion |
| 2024 | $3.6 billion | $17.4 billion | -$13.7 billion |
What they sell each other
What Thailand sells to the United Arab Emirates
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United Arab Emirates sells to Thailand
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Laem Chabang and Jebel Ali is 4,347 nautical miles (8,051 km) long: ≈ 10–13 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Malacca and Singapore; and Strait of Hormuz.
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
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
The United Arab Emirates was Thailand’s 7th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Thailand was the United Arab Emirates’ 9th (3%).
- The United Arab Emirates in Thailand’s trade
- 3.3%
- The United Arab Emirates’ rank among Thailand’s partners
- 7th
- Thailand in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
- 3.4%
- Thailand’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
- 9th
Compare with
Other partners of Thailand
Other partners of the United Arab Emirates
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
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.