# Thailand Import Opportunities

Explore Thailand's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $294.6B
- Import CAGR: +4.3%
- Trade openness: 107.7%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $28.4B | +8.4% | 31 | 2186 |
| 2 | HS 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $14.1B | +13.7% | 41 | 2791 |
| 3 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $6.0B | +12.2% | 54 | 5091 |
| 4 | HS 847180 | Data processing machines: automatic, units thereof n.e.s. in heading no. 8471 | $3.8B | +16.0% | 56 | 9292 |
| 5 | HS 854239 | Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $11.2B | +5.7% | 84 | 2169 |
| 6 | HS 271600 | Electrical energy | $2.1B | +40.0% | 4 | 9998 |
| 7 | HS 271121 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas | $1.9B | +65.0% | 12 | 9948 |
| 8 | HS 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $7.3B | +7.1% | 82 | 2065 |
| 9 | HS 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $6.0B | +73.8% | 19 | 1498 |
| 10 | HS 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $1.6B | +35.5% | 23 | 8418 |
| 11 | HS 851770 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $2.5B | +8.8% | 63 | 6138 |
| 12 | HS 120190 | Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $1.8B | +12.6% | 15 | 7456 |
| 13 | HS 847130 | Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $1.6B | +6.8% | 76 | 8591 |
| 14 | HS 853400 | Circuits: printed | $2.5B | +7.6% | 67 | 3799 |
| 15 | HS 732690 | Iron or steel: articles n.e.s. in heading no. 7326 | $2.3B | +7.4% | 121 | 2900 |
| 16 | HS 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $1.2B | +7.9% | 15 | 8422 |
| 17 | HS 870840 | Vehicles: parts, gear boxes | $1.8B | +10.9% | 64 | 3441 |
| 18 | HS 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 | $2.0B | +10.4% | 86 | 2585 |
| 19 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $2.3B | +3.6% | 32 | 3061 |
| 20 | HS 852329 | Magnetic media: other than cards incorporating a magnetic stripe, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 | $2.2B | +5.3% | 48 | 3314 |
| 21 | HS 847330 | Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $3.8B | +2.4% | 71 | 1959 |
| 22 | HS 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | $1.2B | +7.7% | 21 | 5779 |
| 23 | HS 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $1.5B | +25.3% | 114 | 1637 |
| 24 | HS 710813 | Metals: gold, semi-manufactured | $1.0B | +8.4% | 28 | 6642 |
| 25 | HS 270119 | Coal: (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated | $736.5M | +13.0% | 17 | 9458 |
| 26 | HS 854290 | Parts of electronic integrated circuits | $2.8B | +3.7% | 54 | 1886 |
| 27 | HS 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 | $1.6B | +5.7% | 151 | 3155 |
| 28 | HS 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 | $751.9M | +10.1% | 96 | 9230 |
| 29 | HS 710239 | Diamonds: non-industrial, (other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted), but not mounted or set | $1.3B | +4.3% | 49 | 4173 |
| 30 | HS 850440 | Electrical static converters | $1.2B | +9.4% | 83 | 3547 |
| 31 | HS 853710 | Boards, 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 | $1.5B | +8.2% | 115 | 2566 |
| 32 | HS 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.s. in heading no. 7308 | $752.3M | +6.9% | 56 | 7727 |
| 33 | HS 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $674.4M | +17.3% | 47 | 5591 |
| 34 | HS 853690 | Electrical apparatus: n.e.s. in heading no. 8536, for switching or protecting electrical circuits, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $1.4B | +5.4% | 107 | 2994 |
| 35 | HS 740311 | Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $2.8B | +7.4% | 28 | 1341 |
| 36 | HS 850490 | Electrical transformers, static converters and inductors: parts thereof | $702.9M | +7.3% | 58 | 7842 |
| 37 | HS 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $983.7M | +9.8% | 61 | 3874 |
| 38 | HS 940540 | Lamps and light fittings: electric, n.e.s. in heading no. 9405 | $498.1M | +13.3% | 67 | 9322 |
| 39 | HS 722530 | Steel, alloy: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, in coils | $638.1M | +12.8% | 10 | 5564 |
| 40 | HS 381800 | Chemical elements: doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms: chemical compounds doped for use in electronics | $651.9M | +15.0% | 26 | 5187 |
| 41 | HS 271112 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propane | $627.5M | +19.7% | 17 | 3945 |
| 42 | HS 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $761.1M | +34.1% | 71 | 2160 |
| 43 | HS 841430 | Compressors: of a kind used in refrigerating equipment | $632.6M | +3.0% | 49 | 6895 |
| 44 | HS 852990 | Reception and transmission apparatus: for use with the apparatus of heading no. 8525 to 8528, excluding aerials and aerial reflectors | $943.8M | +2.9% | 56 | 3337 |
| 45 | HS 903289 | Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus: automatic, other than hydraulic or pneumatic | $918.5M | +9.8% | 93 | 2535 |
| 46 | HS 854370 | Electrical machines and apparatus: having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 8543 | $1.2B | +7.6% | 108 | 1840 |
| 47 | HS 310210 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution | $797.6M | +8.3% | 26 | 3054 |
| 48 | HS 841112 | Turbo-jets: of a thrust exceeding 25kN | $707.9M | +16.3% | 16 | 3604 |
| 49 | HS 880240 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $1.2B | +0.9% | 20 | 3323 |
| 50 | HS 852580 | Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders | $576.2M | +12.1% | 66 | 4098 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [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)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.