Lao People's Dem. Rep. Exports 2023
Complete list of Lao People's Dem. Rep.'s 118 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$8.70B
Total exports (2023)
#108
Global export rank
118
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Lao People's Dem. Rep. exported $8.70 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #108 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 118 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 91.1% of total export value. The leading export was Electrical energy, valued at $2.15 billion — 24.7% of the country's export portfolio.
The two tables below list every destination country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.
All export destinations
118 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $3.41B | 39.13% |
| 2 | Thailand | $2.99B | 34.32% |
| 3 | Australia | $366.86M | 4.21% |
| 4 | USA | $306.12M | 3.52% |
| 5 | Cambodia | $190.26M | 2.19% |
| 6 | Germany | $188.48M | 2.17% |
| 7 | Japan | $163.37M | 1.88% |
| 8 | India | $146.04M | 1.68% |
| 9 | Denmark | $91.88M | 1.06% |
| 10 | Switzerland | $84.96M | 0.98% |
| 11 | Indonesia | $83.25M | 0.96% |
| 12 | United Kingdom | $66.78M | 0.77% |
| 13 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $63.75M | 0.73% |
| 14 | Mexico | $53.00M | 0.61% |
| 15 | Czechia | $50.03M | 0.57% |
| 16 | Netherlands | $32.99M | 0.38% |
| 17 | Singapore | $27.76M | 0.32% |
| 18 | Spain | $26.99M | 0.31% |
| 19 | Sweden | $26.03M | 0.30% |
| 20 | Belgium | $25.66M | 0.29% |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | $25.57M | 0.29% |
| 22 | Canada | $25.40M | 0.29% |
| 23 | Romania | $22.96M | 0.26% |
| 24 | Austria | $21.64M | 0.25% |
| 25 | Philippines | $19.22M | 0.22% |
| 26 | Other Asia, nes | $18.11M | 0.21% |
| 27 | Malaysia | $16.54M | 0.19% |
| 28 | Portugal | $16.45M | 0.19% |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | $15.45M | 0.18% |
| 30 | France | $14.77M | 0.17% |
| 31 | Italy | $13.34M | 0.15% |
| 32 | Poland | $12.94M | 0.15% |
| 33 | Argentina | $12.69M | 0.15% |
| 34 | Türkiye | $8.89M | 0.10% |
| 35 | Norway | $7.84M | 0.09% |
| 36 | Myanmar | $5.80M | 0.07% |
| 37 | Ukraine | $5.26M | 0.06% |
| 38 | Sri Lanka | $4.05M | 0.05% |
| 39 | New Zealand | $3.63M | 0.04% |
| 40 | Kuwait | $3.49M | 0.04% |
| 41 | Ireland | $3.19M | 0.04% |
| 42 | Brazil | $3.05M | 0.03% |
| 43 | Finland | $3.01M | 0.03% |
| 44 | Colombia | $2.36M | 0.03% |
| 45 | Bulgaria | $2.35M | 0.03% |
| 46 | Peru | $2.14M | 0.02% |
| 47 | Jordan | $2.13M | 0.02% |
| 48 | South Africa | $2.11M | 0.02% |
| 49 | Israel | $1.86M | 0.02% |
| 50 | Lithuania | $1.48M | 0.02% |
| 51 | Slovenia | $1.47M | 0.02% |
| 52 | Kazakhstan | $1.42M | 0.02% |
| 53 | China, Macao SAR | $1.33M | 0.02% |
| 54 | Slovakia | $1.27M | 0.01% |
| 55 | Ghana | $1.04M | 0.01% |
| 56 | Chile | $1.03M | 0.01% |
| 57 | Iceland | $954,150 | 0.01% |
| 58 | Pakistan | $883,894 | 0.01% |
| 59 | Ecuador | $818,677 | 0.01% |
| 60 | Serbia | $794,146 | 0.01% |
| 61 | Guatemala | $750,357 | 0.01% |
| 62 | Latvia | $743,392 | 0.01% |
| 63 | Costa Rica | $679,703 | 0.01% |
| 64 | Estonia | $640,185 | 0.01% |
| 65 | Armenia | $483,970 | 0.01% |
| 66 | Mauritius | $474,700 | 0.01% |
| 67 | Greece | $454,927 | 0.01% |
| 68 | Morocco | $415,683 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Lebanon | $330,052 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $297,674 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Azerbaijan | $217,421 | 0.00% |
| 72 | Uruguay | $173,055 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Panama | $172,104 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Hungary | $164,000 | 0.00% |
| 75 | Egypt | $160,939 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Uzbekistan | $160,155 | 0.00% |
| 77 | El Salvador | $158,114 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Luxembourg | $146,708 | 0.00% |
| 79 | North Macedonia | $130,672 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Andorra | $125,543 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Bahrain | $124,665 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Honduras | $110,289 | 0.00% |
| 83 | Nigeria | $101,990 | 0.00% |
| 84 | Montenegro | $89,486 | 0.00% |
| 85 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | $76,430 | 0.00% |
| 86 | Qatar | $75,846 | 0.00% |
| 87 | Rep. of Moldova | $73,967 | 0.00% |
| 88 | Nicaragua | $67,044 | 0.00% |
| 89 | Ethiopia | $44,503 | 0.00% |
| 90 | Zambia | $41,241 | 0.00% |
| 91 | Kenya | $38,458 | 0.00% |
| 92 | Burkina Faso | $36,857 | 0.00% |
| 93 | Albania | $36,003 | 0.00% |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | $31,400 | 0.00% |
| 95 | Sao Tome and Principe | $25,578 | 0.00% |
| 96 | Eswatini | $24,122 | 0.00% |
| 97 | Maldives | $23,565 | 0.00% |
| 98 | Croatia | $18,367 | 0.00% |
| 99 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $13,540 | 0.00% |
| 100 | Namibia | $12,396 | 0.00% |
| 101 | Cyprus | $12,341 | 0.00% |
| 102 | Seychelles | $11,596 | 0.00% |
| 103 | Benin | $9,891 | 0.00% |
| 104 | Côte d'Ivoire | $9,555 | 0.00% |
| 105 | Angola | $9,308 | 0.00% |
| 106 | Paraguay | $5,863 | 0.00% |
| 107 | Brunei Darussalam | $5,138 | 0.00% |
| 108 | Tunisia | $3,611 | 0.00% |
| 109 | Oman | $3,209 | 0.00% |
| 110 | Madagascar | $2,681 | 0.00% |
| 111 | Georgia | $2,100 | 0.00% |
| 112 | Botswana | $1,815 | 0.00% |
| 113 | Gabon | $1,767 | 0.00% |
| 114 | Uganda | $1,283 | 0.00% |
| 115 | Mozambique | $1,000 | 0.00% |
| 116 | Malawi | $743 | 0.00% |
| 117 | Liberia | $400 | 0.00% |
| 118 | Malta | $50 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 271600 | Electrical energy | $2.15B | 24.66% |
| 2 | 310420 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: potassic, potassium chloride | $828.26M | 9.52% |
| 3 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $652.95M | 7.50% |
| 4 | 260300 | Copper ores and concentrates | $427.98M | 4.92% |
| 5 | 260111 | Iron ores and concentrates: non-agglomerated | $384.16M | 4.41% |
| 6 | 071410 | Vegetable roots and tubers: manioc (cassava), with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets | $333.91M | 3.84% |
| 7 | 480525 | Paper & paperboard: uncoated, testliner (recycled linerboard), weight over 150g/m2, in rolls or sheets | $298.16M | 3.43% |
| 8 | 470200 | Wood pulp: chemical wood pulp, dissolving grades | $292.42M | 3.36% |
| 9 | 400129 | Rubber: natural (excluding latex, technically specified natural rubber and smoked sheets), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | $243.73M | 2.80% |
| 10 | 480524 | Paper & paperboard: uncoated, testliner (recycled linerboard), weight 150g/m2, or less, in rolls or sheets | $154.86M | 1.78% |
| 11 | 900150 | Lenses, spectacle: unmounted, of materials other than glass | $152.09M | 1.75% |
| 12 | 620343 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: men's or boys', of synthetic fibres (not knitted or crocheted) | $136.07M | 1.56% |
| 13 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $118.34M | 1.36% |
| 14 | 740311 | Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $112.61M | 1.29% |
| 15 | 284690 | Compounds, inorganic or organic (excluding cerium), of rare-earth metals, of yttrium, scandium or of mixtures of these metals | $103.66M | 1.19% |
| 16 | 110814 | Starch: manioc (cassava) | $103.25M | 1.19% |
| 17 | 400280 | Rubber: mixtures of natural and synthetic rubbers of heading no. 4001 and 4002, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | $95.70M | 1.10% |
| 18 | 110429 | Cereal grains: worked, other than rolled or flaked (e.g. Hulled, pearled, sliced or kibbled) of cereals, excluding oats and maize, and rice of heading no.1006 | $90.53M | 1.04% |
| 19 | 852990 | Reception and transmission apparatus: for use with the apparatus of heading no. 8525 to 8528, excluding aerials and aerial reflectors | $84.55M | 0.97% |
| 20 | 251110 | Barium sulphate (barytes): natural | $71.14M | 0.82% |
| 21 | 640391 | Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6403, covering the ankle, outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, uppers of leather | $66.19M | 0.76% |
| 22 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $64.85M | 0.75% |
| 23 | 121293 | Sugar cane: fit for human consumption, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground | $64.34M | 0.74% |
| 24 | 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $64.11M | 0.74% |
| 25 | 640399 | Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6403, (not covering the ankle), outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, uppers of leather | $58.53M | 0.67% |
| 26 | 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $49.56M | 0.57% |
| 27 | 440290 | Wood: charcoal of wood other than bamboo (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated | $46.91M | 0.54% |
| 28 | 852580 | Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders | $45.32M | 0.52% |
| 29 | 440799 | Wood: sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, of a thickness exceeding 6mm, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, n.e.c. in heading no. 4407 | $41.21M | 0.47% |
| 30 | 080390 | Fruit, edible: bananas, other than plantains, fresh or dried | $37.03M | 0.43% |
| 31 | 650500 | Hats and other headgear: knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed: hair-nets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed | $35.62M | 0.41% |
| 32 | 280469 | Silicon: containing by weight less than 99.99% of silicon | $35.23M | 0.40% |
| 33 | 851769 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data (including wired/wireless networks), n.e.c. in item no. 8517.6 | $35.08M | 0.40% |
| 34 | 780199 | Lead: unwrought, unrefined, not containing by weight antimony as the principal other element | $34.87M | 0.40% |
| 35 | 620193 | Anoraks (including ski-jackets), wind-cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles: men's or boys', of man-made fibres, other than those of heading no. 6203 (not knitted or crocheted) | $29.30M | 0.34% |
| 36 | 170114 | Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $28.68M | 0.33% |
| 37 | 611030 | Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles: of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted | $27.06M | 0.31% |
| 38 | 900490 | Spectacles, goggles and the like: (other than sunglasses) corrective, protective or other | $26.19M | 0.30% |
| 39 | 710239 | Diamonds: non-industrial, (other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted), but not mounted or set | $25.97M | 0.30% |
| 40 | 282759 | Bromides and bromide oxides: other than item no. 2827.51 | $25.74M | 0.30% |
| 41 | 440399 | Wood: in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated, n.e.c. in heading no. 4403 | $25.64M | 0.29% |
| 42 | 730661 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron): tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), welded, of square or rectangular cross-section, n.e.c. in chapter 73 | $25.23M | 0.29% |
| 43 | 640299 | Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | $24.99M | 0.29% |
| 44 | 851718 | Telephone sets n.e.c. in item no. 8517.1 | $24.83M | 0.29% |
| 45 | 080540 | Fruit, edible: grapefruit, including pomelos, fresh or dried | $24.76M | 0.28% |
| 46 | 640419 | Footwear: (other than sportswear), with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials | $23.50M | 0.27% |
| 47 | 610910 | T-shirts, singlets and other vests: of cotton, knitted or crocheted | $23.47M | 0.27% |
| 48 | 610990 | T-shirts, singlets and other vests: of textile materials (other than cotton), knitted or crocheted | $23.34M | 0.27% |
| 49 | 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $20.70M | 0.24% |
| 50 | 440729 | Wood, tropical, n.e.c. in item no. 4407.2, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $19.85M | 0.23% |
| 51 | 620520 | Shirts: men's or boys', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) | $19.65M | 0.23% |
| 52 | 121190 | Plants and parts (including seeds and fruits) n.e.c. in heading no. 1211, of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered | $15.22M | 0.17% |
| 53 | 854442 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, fitted with connectors | $15.03M | 0.17% |
| 54 | 260900 | Tin ores and concentrates | $15.01M | 0.17% |
| 55 | 611020 | Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles: of cotton, knitted or crocheted | $14.72M | 0.17% |
| 56 | 081090 | Fruit, edible: fruits n.e.c. in heading no. 0801 to 0810, fresh | $13.55M | 0.16% |
| 57 | 261690 | Precious metal ores and concentrates: (excluding silver) | $13.51M | 0.16% |
| 58 | 260800 | Zinc ores and concentrates | $13.32M | 0.15% |
| 59 | 620342 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: men's or boys', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) | $13.23M | 0.15% |
| 60 | 702000 | Glass: articles n.e.c. in chapter 70 | $13.12M | 0.15% |
| 61 | 270210 | Lignite: whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated, excluding jet | $12.71M | 0.15% |
| 62 | 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $12.63M | 0.15% |
| 63 | 260600 | Aluminium ores and concentrates | $12.29M | 0.14% |
| 64 | 610463 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: women's or girls', of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted | $11.72M | 0.13% |
| 65 | 310490 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: potassic, n.e.c. in heading no. 3104 | $11.30M | 0.13% |
| 66 | 854390 | Electrical machines and apparatus: parts of the electrical goods of heading no. 8543 | $11.29M | 0.13% |
| 67 | 620333 | Jackets and blazers: men's or boys', of synthetic fibres (not knitted or crocheted) | $11.04M | 0.13% |
| 68 | 310520 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: containing the three fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium | $11.01M | 0.13% |
| 69 | 640291 | Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, covering the ankle, with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | $10.94M | 0.13% |
| 70 | 251710 | Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone: of a kind commonly used for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treated | $10.78M | 0.12% |
| 71 | 610711 | Underpants and briefs: men's or boys', of cotton, knitted or crocheted | $10.71M | 0.12% |
| 72 | 282751 | Bromides: of sodium or of potassium | $10.70M | 0.12% |
| 73 | 330730 | Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations: perfumed bath salts and other bath preparations | $10.53M | 0.12% |
| 74 | 620463 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: women's or girls', of synthetic fibres (not knitted or crocheted) | $10.15M | 0.12% |
| 75 | 470620 | Pulp: of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard | $9.94M | 0.11% |
| 76 | 252390 | Cement: hydraulic kinds n.e.c. in heading no. 2523 | $9.62M | 0.11% |
| 77 | 130219 | Vegetable saps and extracts: n.e.c. in item no. 1302.1 | $9.55M | 0.11% |
| 78 | 610469 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: women's or girls', of textile materials (other than wool or fine animal hair, cotton or synthetic fibres), knitted or crocheted | $9.14M | 0.11% |
| 79 | 070490 | Vegetables, brassica: edible, n.e.c. in heading no. 0704, fresh or chilled | $8.82M | 0.10% |
| 80 | 270111 | Coal: anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | $8.70M | 0.10% |
| 81 | 621143 | Track suits and other garments n.e.c.: women's or girls', of man-made fibres (not knitted or crocheted) | $8.05M | 0.09% |
| 82 | 610462 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: women's or girls', of cotton, knitted or crocheted | $7.37M | 0.08% |
| 83 | 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors | $6.81M | 0.08% |
| 84 | 670411 | Wigs: complete, of synthetic textile materials | $6.79M | 0.08% |
| 85 | 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $6.76M | 0.08% |
| 86 | 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $6.70M | 0.08% |
| 87 | 854430 | Insulated electric conductors: ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships | $6.64M | 0.08% |
| 88 | 170310 | Sugars: molasses, from sugar cane, resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar | $6.53M | 0.08% |
| 89 | 851810 | Microphones and stands therefor | $6.34M | 0.07% |
| 90 | 440890 | Wood: n.e.c. in heading no. 4408, sheets for veneer or plywood, other wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, not exceeding 6mm in thickness | $6.15M | 0.07% |
| 91 | 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $6.12M | 0.07% |
| 92 | 621133 | Track suits and other garments n.e.c.: men's or boys', of man-made fibres (not knitted or crocheted) | $5.97M | 0.07% |
| 93 | 610520 | Shirts: men's or boys', of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted | $5.51M | 0.06% |
| 94 | 210112 | Preparations with a basis of extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee | $5.46M | 0.06% |
| 95 | 620312 | Suits: men's or boys', of synthetic fibres (not knitted or crocheted) | $5.36M | 0.06% |
| 96 | 903290 | Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus: automatic, parts and accessories | $5.30M | 0.06% |
| 97 | 250200 | Iron pyrites: unroasted | $5.27M | 0.06% |
| 98 | 850431 | Electrical transformers: n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1kVA | $5.27M | 0.06% |
| 99 | 630790 | Textiles: made up articles (including dress patterns), n.e.c. in chapter 63, n.e.c. in heading no. 6307 | $5.17M | 0.06% |
| 100 | 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $4.95M | 0.06% |