Trade route overview
See the latest reported exports, the products that need a closer look, and the conditions that may make this route harder to plan.
What this page shows
In 2024, Laos reported $37.5M in goods exports to India. 3 product types are marked for closer review, covering 31.5% of reported exports. This is not a forecast and does not mean trade will stop. It shows where to look more closely at demand, annual changes, product mix, tariffs, and buyer-market conditions.
How to read this page
This page separates the size of the trade from the conditions worth checking and the product types that make up the route.
This is the reported value of goods exported from Laos to India in the latest available year.
$37.5M in 2024It marks product types where one or more conditions deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction, a guaranteed loss, or a warning that trade will stop.
31.5% needs reviewEach row is one HS6 product code. HS6 is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.
16 product typesStart with the products
Compare the products, their buyer-market size, and the conditions that deserve a closer look.
Export history
The latest twelve years of reported exports from Laos to India. Bar lengths are relative to the highest year shown.
Why this route needs review
A dollar amount can appear in more than one row. These rows show the conditions linked to the route; they are not separate losses.
How to read the numbers
These measures describe yearly swings, the gap from the route's highest year, and how concentrated the product mix is.
Largest product
Product code HS6 851762 makes up 30.4% of exports from Laos to India. The main reason to review it is: Trade has varied substantially across reported years
See product rowsProducts to review
Each row is one six-digit HS6 product code. Compare the buyer market's imports, the product's fall from its highest year, annual variation, and review level.
| Rank | Product and code | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Yearly variation | Review level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 apparatusHS6 851762 - six-digit product code | $3.5B | 0% | 2.6 | Watch |
| 2 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodesHS6 854140 - six-digit product code | $4.5B | 0% | 2 | High attention |
| 3 | Wood, tropical: (as in subheading note 1, chapter 44, customs tariff), n.e.c. in item no. 4408.31, sheets for veneer or plywood, other wood sawn length wise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, not thicker than 6mmHS6 440839 - six-digit product code | $185.5M | 13.6% | 1 | Watch |
| 4 | Wood: n.e.s. in heading no. 4408, sheets for veneer or plywood, other wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, not thicker than 6mmHS6 440890 - six-digit product code | $174.0M | 35.2% | 1.1 | Watch |
| 5 | Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recordersHS6 852580 - six-digit product code | $1.6B | 0% | 1.2 | High attention |
| 6 | Wood, tropical: (as specified in subheading note 1, chapter 44, customs tariff), n.e.c. in item no. 4407.2, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, thicker than 6mmHS6 440729 - six-digit product code | $162.4M | 0% | 1.4 | Watch |
| 7 | Natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins, n.e.c. in heading no. 1301HS6 130190 - six-digit product code | $180.2M | 0% | 1.7 | High attention |
| 8 | 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. 8517.6HS6 851769 - six-digit product code | $169.7M | 0% | 1.7 | Watch |
| 9 | Lead: unwrought, unrefined, not containing by weight antimony as the principal other elementHS6 780199 - six-digit product code | $376.9M | 91.5% | 1 | Watch |
| 10 | Rubber: technically specified natural rubber (TSNR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip (excluding latex and smoked sheets)HS6 400122 - six-digit product code | $827.9M | 46.7% | 1.2 | Watch |
Buyer-market imports are total imports of that product into the buyer market, not only exports from Laos. "Below product high" compares current exports with that product's highest reported year. Yearly variation is a calculated measure. Swipe sideways on a small screen to see every column.
Trade route conditions
Distance, tariffs, trade agreements, the buyer economy, and business rules add context to the export total.
Questions about this page
Definitions and limits for the figures above.
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.
Laos reported $37.5M in goods exports to India in 2024.
31.5% of reported route exports are linked to product types marked for closer review. This points to where to investigate further.
An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.
The page shows yearly export changes, product concentration, tariffs, distance, trade-agreement coverage, buyer-economy context, and business setup time where reported.
No. These are reported or calculated observations, not forecasts or guarantees.
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Data source
OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). OECD BIMTS is the primary trade series for this view. Supporting bilateral trade context uses CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601) under Etalab 2.0 Open Licence. Yugalinks presents derived views of reported observations and calculated indicators. Data terms: OECD Terms & Conditions.