Thailand

Thailand Imports 2023

Complete list of Thailand's 220 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.

$273.13B
Total imports (2023)
#25
Global import rank
220
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked

Thailand imported $273.13 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #25 largest importer. Goods came from 220 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 70.3% of total import value. The leading import was petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude, valued at $31.04 billion 11.4% of total imports.

The two tables below list every source 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 import sources

220 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.

#Source2023 import value% of total
1China$74.32B27.21%
2Japan$28.92B10.59%
3USA$16.38B6.00%
4United Arab Emirates$15.82B5.79%
5Malaysia$13.23B4.84%
6Other Asia, nes$10.84B3.97%
7Rep. of Korea$8.67B3.17%
8Singapore$8.24B3.02%
9Indonesia$7.95B2.91%
10Viet Nam$7.74B2.83%
11Australia$6.84B2.50%
12Saudi Arabia$6.15B2.25%
13Germany$5.75B2.10%
14India$5.49B2.01%
15Switzerland$4.45B1.63%
16Brazil$3.93B1.44%
17Myanmar$3.53B1.29%
18Qatar$3.36B1.23%
19Philippines$3.09B1.13%
20Lao People's Dem. Rep.$2.99B1.09%
21France$2.69B0.99%
22United Kingdom$2.61B0.96%
23China, Hong Kong SAR$2.60B0.95%
24Italy$2.30B0.84%
25Cambodia$1.49B0.55%
26Libya$1.26B0.46%
27Oman$1.24B0.45%
28Netherlands$1.11B0.41%
29Mexico$1.00B0.37%
30Canada$898.65M0.33%
31New Zealand$842.05M0.31%
32Angola$794.41M0.29%
33Sweden$776.61M0.28%
34Spain$749.54M0.27%
35Belgium$735.94M0.27%
36Russian Federation$686.76M0.25%
37Chile$668.48M0.24%
38Kuwait$615.05M0.23%
39South Africa$568.28M0.21%
40Nigeria$548.76M0.20%
41Brunei Darussalam$547.93M0.20%
42Ireland$511.26M0.19%
43Mozambique$495.43M0.18%
44Denmark$483.74M0.18%
45Norway$476.80M0.17%
46Poland$447.75M0.16%
47Israel$435.47M0.16%
48Austria$423.84M0.16%
49Finland$417.55M0.15%
50Türkiye$384.04M0.14%
51Panama$346.19M0.13%
52Pakistan$314.36M0.12%
53Czechia$312.02M0.11%
54Argentina$306.74M0.11%
55Gabon$271.85M0.10%
56Dem. Rep. of the Congo$245.54M0.09%
57Hungary$231.50M0.08%
58Bahrain$226.38M0.08%
59Equatorial Guinea$220.43M0.08%
60Bulgaria$198.79M0.07%
61Algeria$180.72M0.07%
62Romania$178.62M0.07%
63Papua New Guinea$173.75M0.06%
64Nauru$159.99M0.06%
65Peru$156.16M0.06%
66Congo$147.65M0.05%
67FS Micronesia$120.84M0.04%
68Sri Lanka$119.08M0.04%
69Trinidad and Tobago$118.59M0.04%
70Slovakia$115.85M0.04%
71Uruguay$113.51M0.04%
72Maldives$113.17M0.04%
73Egypt$104.79M0.04%
74Bahamas$96.96M0.04%
75Vanuatu$95.95M0.04%
76Bangladesh$93.95M0.03%
77Kazakhstan$92.25M0.03%
78Portugal$89.10M0.03%
79Ghana$84.73M0.03%
80Greece$75.35M0.03%
81Morocco$72.72M0.03%
82Kiribati$71.06M0.03%
83United Rep. of Tanzania$68.36M0.03%
84Mongolia$67.09M0.02%
85Liberia$65.94M0.02%
86Slovenia$64.57M0.02%
87Ecuador$60.72M0.02%
88Tunisia$55.42M0.02%
89Jordan$53.33M0.02%
90Zambia$49.23M0.02%
91Ukraine$46.43M0.02%
92Tuvalu$45.90M0.02%
93Belarus$41.61M0.02%
94Colombia$41.15M0.02%
95Malta$37.35M0.01%
96Estonia$36.38M0.01%
97Marshall Isds$36.00M0.01%
98Paraguay$33.65M0.01%
99Dominican Rep.$31.92M0.01%
100Rwanda$31.52M0.01%
101Lithuania$31.52M0.01%
102Kenya$29.20M0.01%
103Azerbaijan$28.26M0.01%
104Costa Rica$28.12M0.01%
105Seychelles$26.37M0.01%
106Latvia$25.19M0.01%
107Yemen$25.13M0.01%
108Namibia$21.46M0.01%
109Serbia$19.77M0.01%
110Madagascar$18.94M0.01%
111Luxembourg$18.84M0.01%
112Solomon Isds$18.23M0.01%
113Mauritius$17.99M0.01%
114Cyprus$16.19M0.01%
115Guatemala$15.19M0.01%
116Venezuela$13.03M0.00%
117Iceland$12.58M0.00%
118Croatia$12.50M0.00%
119Armenia$11.64M0.00%
120Ethiopia$10.54M0.00%
121Haiti$9.24M0.00%
122Jamaica$8.90M0.00%
123Iran$7.71M0.00%
124China, Macao SAR$7.51M0.00%
125Greenland$6.47M0.00%
126Bosnia Herzegovina$5.86M0.00%
127El Salvador$5.75M0.00%
128Honduras$5.73M0.00%
129Mali$5.12M0.00%
130Cook Isds$4.59M0.00%
131Botswana$4.52M0.00%
132Curaçao$4.16M0.00%
133North Macedonia$3.82M0.00%
134Uzbekistan$3.74M0.00%
135Bolivia (Plurinational State of)$3.54M0.00%
136Zimbabwe$3.48M0.00%
137Nicaragua$3.27M0.00%
138Cuba$2.75M0.00%
139Falkland Isds (Malvinas)$2.57M0.00%
140Guyana$2.50M0.00%
141Lebanon$2.30M0.00%
142Belize$2.23M0.00%
143Fiji$2.20M0.00%
144Rep. of Moldova$2.13M0.00%
145Georgia$1.84M0.00%
146Benin$1.72M0.00%
147Cameroon$1.69M0.00%
148Sierra Leone$1.67M0.00%
149Côte d'Ivoire$1.62M0.00%
150Barbados$1.52M0.00%
151French Polynesia$1.49M0.00%
152Andorra$1.41M0.00%
153Nepal$1.38M0.00%
154Senegal$1.24M0.00%
155Albania$1.22M0.00%
156Sudan$1.17M0.00%
157Uganda$1.14M0.00%
158Eswatini$1.10M0.00%
159Afghanistan$999,7410.00%
160Guinea$998,1680.00%
161Togo$821,8620.00%
162Chad$765,9940.00%
163Burundi$711,1170.00%
164New Caledonia$687,4490.00%
165Somalia$654,2430.00%
166Suriname$651,7510.00%
167Lesotho$591,2770.00%
168San Marino$307,3810.00%
169Montenegro$277,5290.00%
170Kyrgyzstan$271,9860.00%
171Saint Helena$221,5430.00%
172Aruba$202,8230.00%
173Dominica$197,7930.00%
174Antigua and Barbuda$124,8120.00%
175Tokelau$124,2870.00%
176Niger$122,3310.00%
177Dem. People's Rep. of Korea$110,9370.00%
178Cabo Verde$105,5850.00%
179Iraq$104,3630.00%
180Br. Virgin Isds$85,4010.00%
181Grenada$64,4170.00%
182Bhutan$62,2690.00%
183Montserrat$62,0430.00%
184State of Palestine$58,1020.00%
185Central African Rep.$57,9440.00%
186Malawi$56,6380.00%
187Samoa$51,0660.00%
188Djibouti$47,9760.00%
189Syria$40,1060.00%
190Gibraltar$35,1130.00%
191Mauritania$34,5750.00%
192Gambia$32,8820.00%
193Turkmenistan$30,1830.00%
194Sao Tome and Principe$28,3250.00%
195South Sudan$26,6750.00%
196Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$24,9310.00%
197Saint Lucia$24,3360.00%
198Timor-Leste$15,1780.00%
199Christmas Isds$14,6080.00%
200Turks and Caicos Isds$14,0580.00%
201American Samoa$9,6250.00%
202Saint Barthélemy$8,9740.00%
203Cayman Isds$8,5130.00%
204Burkina Faso$7,9400.00%
205Pitcairn$6,3290.00%
206Anguilla$5,7190.00%
207N. Mariana Isds$5,5790.00%
208Cocos Isds$5,1880.00%
209Guam$4,1660.00%
210Saint Kitts and Nevis$3,6620.00%
211Niue$3,5070.00%
212Tonga$3,3960.00%
213Bermuda$3,1510.00%
214Saint Maarten$2,6980.00%
215Palau$1,1080.00%
216Tajikistan$8720.00%
217Eritrea$5030.00%
218Br. Indian Ocean Terr.$4940.00%
219Bonaire$4360.00%
220Guinea-Bissau$1430.00%

Top import products (HS6)

100 product categories ranked by 2023 import value.

#HS6ProductValue% of total
1270900Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude$31.04B11.37%
2271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas$8.08B2.96%
3710812Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder)$7.14B2.62%
4854239Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542$7.09B2.59%
5851712Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks$4.42B1.62%
6271000Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude: preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals: these being the basic constituents of the preparations: waste oils$4.28B1.57%
7854290Parts of electronic integrated circuits$3.22B1.18%
8854231Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits$2.94B1.08%
9740311Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes$2.91B1.06%
10870380Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion$2.71B0.99%
11732690Iron or steel: articles n.e.c. in heading 7326$2.68B0.98%
12870840Vehicle parts: gear boxes and parts thereof$2.31B0.84%
13847330Machinery: parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) of the machines of heading no. 8471$2.29B0.84%
14271600Electrical energy$1.95B0.72%
15847130Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display$1.93B0.71%
16271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas$1.93B0.71%
17847180Units of automatic data processing machines: n.e.c. in item no. 8471.50, 8471.60 or 8471.70$1.92B0.70%
18853400Circuits: printed$1.86B0.68%
19120190Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken$1.69B0.62%
20230400Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil$1.64B0.60%
21854140Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light-emitting diodes (LED)$1.59B0.58%
22853710Boards, panels, consoles, desks and other bases: for electric control or the distribution of electricity, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517), for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts$1.57B0.58%
23381800Chemical elements: doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms: chemical compounds doped for use in electronics$1.48B0.54%
24392690Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39$1.46B0.54%
25851762Communication 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$1.41B0.52%
26721049Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically)$1.35B0.49%
27854370Electrical machines and apparatus: having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 8543$1.29B0.47%
28841112Turbo-jets: of a thrust exceeding 25kN$1.24B0.45%
29903289Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus: automatic, other than hydraulic or pneumatic$1.14B0.42%
30100199Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed$1.14B0.42%
31300490Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale$1.11B0.41%
32870899Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708$1.09B0.40%
33880240Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg$1.09B0.40%
34853690Electrical apparatus: n.e.c. in heading no. 8536, for switching or protecting electrical circuits, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts$1.05B0.38%
35851770Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts$1.04B0.38%
36710239Diamonds: non-industrial, (other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted), but not mounted or set$1.01B0.37%
37760200Aluminium: waste and scrap$992.52M0.36%
38850440Electrical static converters$981.73M0.36%
39310210Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution$949.10M0.35%
40270119Coal: (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated$947.88M0.35%
41852329Magnetic media: other than cards incorporating a magnetic stripe, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37$943.67M0.35%
42722530Steel, alloy: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, in coils$882.38M0.32%
43030343Fish: frozen, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$876.19M0.32%
44870829Vehicles: parts and accessories, of bodies, other than safety seat belts$870.32M0.32%
45852990Reception and transmission apparatus: for use with the apparatus of heading no. 8525 to 8528, excluding aerials and aerial reflectors$868.73M0.32%
46382499Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824$849.40M0.31%
47210690Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10$827.32M0.30%
48840820Engines: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87$809.17M0.30%
49840999Engines: parts for internal combustion piston engines (excluding spark-ignition)$785.23M0.29%
50871410Motorcycles (including mopeds): parts and accessories$782.93M0.29%
51854232Electronic integrated circuits: memories$774.72M0.28%
52720712Iron or non-alloy steel: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel: containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (other than square) cross-section$739.32M0.27%
53760120Aluminium: unwrought, alloys$724.73M0.27%
54844399Printing machinery: parts and accessories, n.e.c. in item no. 8443.91$722.23M0.26%
55848180Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves$720.05M0.26%
56271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propane$715.66M0.26%
57711319Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof$704.61M0.26%
58854129Electrical apparatus: transistors, (other than photosensitive), with a dissipation rate of 1W or more$685.64M0.25%
59760110Aluminium: unwrought, (not alloyed)$682.57M0.25%
60710391Stones: rubies, sapphires and emeralds, worked (other than simply sawn or roughly shaped), not strung, mounted or set$658.81M0.24%
61890520Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms$641.26M0.23%
62270112Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated$628.84M0.23%
63840991Engines: parts, suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines (for other than aircraft)$623.68M0.23%
64841199Turbines: parts of gas turbines (excluding turbo-jets and turbo-propellers)$616.94M0.23%
65761699Aluminium: articles n.e.c. in heading 7616$615.05M0.23%
66847989Machines and mechanical appliances: having individual functions, n.e.c. or included in this chapter$606.06M0.22%
67730890Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308$568.65M0.21%
68841480Pumps and compressors: for air, vacuum or gas, n.e.c. in heading no. 8414$550.20M0.20%
69870850Vehicle parts: drive-axles with differential, whether or not provided with other transmission components, and non-driving axles: parts thereof$538.20M0.20%
70071410Vegetable 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$525.16M0.19%
71870323Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc$520.24M0.19%
72854449Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors$512.97M0.19%
73841430Compressors: of a kind used in refrigerating equipment$507.91M0.19%
74030743Molluscs: cuttle fish and squid, whether in shell or not, includes flours, meals, and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption, frozen$493.38M0.18%
75280300Carbon: carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c.$487.74M0.18%
76470710Paper or paperboard: waste and scrap, of unbleached kraft paper or paperboard or corrugated paper or paperboard$485.85M0.18%
77850760Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square)$478.83M0.18%
78721070Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics$478.01M0.18%
79903180Instruments, appliances and machines: for measuring or checking n.e.c. in chapter 90$475.97M0.17%
80854442Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, fitted with connectors$474.95M0.17%
81852580Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders$461.15M0.17%
82850110Electric motors: of an output not exceeding 37.5W$456.94M0.17%
83100590Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed$446.87M0.16%
84850450Electrical inductors: n.e.c. in heading no. 8504$445.94M0.16%
85330499Cosmetic and toilet preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3304, for the care of the skin (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations)$438.37M0.16%
86731815Iron or steel: threaded screws and bolts n.e.c. in item no. 7318.1, whether or not with their nuts or washers$437.55M0.16%
87841490Pumps and compressors: parts, of air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans, ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan$436.71M0.16%
88847150Units of automatic data processing machines: processing units other than those of item no. 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units$436.35M0.16%
89852872Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: incorporating a colour video display or screen$430.57M0.16%
90382200Reagents: diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing and prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading no. 3002 or 3006: certified reference material$419.64M0.15%
91852859Monitors other than cathode-ray tube: n.e.c. in subheading 8528.52, whether or not colour$418.51M0.15%
92870322Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc$409.36M0.15%
93741110Copper: tubes and pipes, of refined copper$408.33M0.15%
94640299Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics$406.75M0.15%
95310520Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: containing the three fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium$405.46M0.15%
96721391Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, n.e.c. in heading no. 7213, of circular cross-section measuring less than 14mm in diameter$403.82M0.15%
97720917Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, of a thickness of 0.5mm or more but not exceeding 1mm$383.30M0.14%
98890590Vessels: light, fire-floats, floating cranes and other vessels, the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function, floating docks$382.55M0.14%
99842139Machinery: for filtering or purifying gases, other than intake air filters for internal combustion engines$382.28M0.14%
100720711Iron or non-alloy steel: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel: containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (including square) cross-section, width less than twice thickness$379.77M0.14%