# China exports to Laos: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from China to Laos, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/CHN-LAO/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, China reported $2.0B in goods exports to Laos. The overall review level is Critical attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $2.0B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 99.5% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 13 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 120 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.7 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 18.8% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 848620 | Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits | $75.1M | 28% | High attention |
| 2 | 381800 | Chemical elements: doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms: chemical compounds doped for use in electronics | $71.1M | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $122.0M | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $65.7M | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 870410 | Vehicles: dumpers, designed for off-highway use, for transport of goods | $76.7M | 12.9% | High attention |
| 6 | 870423 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 20 tonnes), nes in item no 8704.1 | $51.6M | 1.9% | High attention |
| 7 | 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | $53.2M | 0.6% | High attention |
| 8 | 220820 | Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc | $42.0M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 310221 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, ammonium sulphate | $41.4M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 850300 | Electric motors and generators: parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading no. 8501 or 8502 | $37.7M | 43.6% | High attention |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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