# Cambodia exports to Laos: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Cambodia reported $9.2M in goods exports to Laos. The overall review level is High 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 | $9.2M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 65.9% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 2 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.9 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 11.3% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $29.8M | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $13.1M | 44.9% | High attention |
| 3 | 380893 | Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators: not containing substances of 3808.50: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | $13.3M | 29.3% | Watch |
| 4 | 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $25.3M | 0% | Watch |
| 5 | 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% | Watch |
| 6 | 381220 | Plasticisers, compound: for rubber or plastics | $38.4M | 41.4% | Watch |
| 7 | 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $19.1M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 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 | $19.1M | 50.2% | Watch |
| 9 | 392390 | Plastics: articles for the conveyance or packing of goods n.e.c. in heading no. 3923 | $14.3M | 0% | Watch |
| 10 | 700719 | Glass: safety glass, toughened (tempered), (not of a size and shape suitable for incorporation in vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft or vessels) | $13.6M | 0% | Watch |

## 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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