# Palau Export Playbook for Southeast Asia

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Compare buyer markets, access conditions, and calculated product opportunities in Southeast Asia. Use this guide to prioritize research, not to treat calculated indicators as guaranteed sales.

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## Overview

- Exporter: Palau (PLW)
- Region: Southeast Asia
- Latest trade year: 2024
- Buyer markets: 5
- Calculated three-year opportunity: $12.6B
- Reported FTA markets: 0
- Average reported distance: 3,158 km
- Average business entry indicator: 14 days

## Market comparison

| Market | ISO3 | Opportunity | Products | FTA | Distance | Entry days | Top product |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| Philippines | PHL | $7.4B | 55 | Not reported | 1,684 km | 33 | Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units |
| Singapore | SGP | $2.9B | 4 | Not reported | 3,464 km | 2 | Data processing machines: automatic, units thereof n.e.s. in heading no. 8471 |
| Indonesia | IDN | $1.3B | 5 | Not reported | 3,425 km | 13 | Vehicles: parts, gear boxes |
| Thailand | THA | $628.4M | 5 | Not reported | 3,782 km | 6 | Data processing machines: storage units |
| Viet Nam | VNM | $384.7M | 5 | Not reported | 3,433 km | 16 | Electrical transformers: n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1kVA |

## Product and market opportunities

| Rank | Market | Product | Opportunity | Buyer growth | Current share |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | Singapore (SGP) | HS 847180 - Data processing machines: automatic, units thereof n.e.s. in heading no. 8471 | $2.8B | +9.8% | +0.0% |
| 2 | Philippines (PHL) | HS 847330 - Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $652.5M | +0.7% | +0.0% |
| 3 | Philippines (PHL) | 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 | $650.6M | +10.8% | +0.0% |
| 4 | Philippines (PHL) | 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 | $480.4M | +9.0% | +0.0% |
| 5 | Indonesia (IDN) | HS 870840 - Vehicles: parts, gear boxes | $476.1M | +4.8% | +0.0% |
| 6 | Philippines (PHL) | HS 852329 - Magnetic media: other than cards incorporating a magnetic stripe, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 | $469.2M | +8.2% | +0.0% |
| 7 | Philippines (PHL) | HS 854290 - Parts of electronic integrated circuits | $457.2M | -2.9% | +0.0% |
| 8 | Indonesia (IDN) | HS 847330 - Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $405.8M | +7.2% | +0.0% |
| 9 | Thailand (THA) | HS 847170 - Data processing machines: storage units | $359.2M | +2.5% | +0.0% |
| 10 | Philippines (PHL) | HS 850440 - Electrical static converters | $357.5M | +8.9% | +0.0% |
| 11 | Philippines (PHL) | HS 940320 - Furniture: metal, other than for office use | $328.7M | +12.6% | +0.0% |
| 12 | Philippines (PHL) | HS 870321 - Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity not exceeding 1000cc | $307.7M | +17.4% | +0.0% |
| 13 | Philippines (PHL) | HS 842952 - Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $280.7M | +9.4% | +0.1% |
| 14 | Viet Nam (VNM) | HS 850431 - Electrical transformers: n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1kVA | $244.9M | +15.6% | +0.0% |
| 15 | Philippines (PHL) | HS 732690 - Iron or steel: articles n.e.s. in heading no. 7326 | $240.8M | +7.8% | +0.0% |
| 16 | Philippines (PHL) | HS 852580 - Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders | $211.3M | +16.1% | +0.0% |
| 17 | Indonesia (IDN) | HS 840999 - Engines: parts for internal combustion piston engines (excluding spark-ignition) | $205.5M | +4.8% | +0.0% |
| 18 | Philippines (PHL) | HS 852872 - Reception 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 | $202.9M | +10.3% | +0.0% |
| 19 | Indonesia (IDN) | HS 847180 - Data processing machines: automatic, units thereof n.e.s. in heading no. 8471 | $197.4M | +13.1% | +0.0% |
| 20 | Thailand (THA) | HS 030343 - Fish: frozen, skipjack tuna (stripe-bellied bonito) (Katsuwonus pelamis), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $196.9M | +5.2% | +0.0% |

## Sector opportunities

| Sector | Products | Reported buyer imports | Opportunity | Average growth |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| HS2 84 - HS2 sector 84 | 15 | $9.3B | $5.9B | +5.5% |
| HS2 85 - HS2 sector 85 | 15 | $3.6B | $2.4B | +7.4% |
| HS2 87 - HS2 sector 87 | 6 | $1.7B | $1.2B | +7.0% |
| HS2 95 - HS2 sector 95 | 4 | $551.4M | $663.2M | +10.8% |
| HS2 94 - HS2 sector 94 | 4 | $492.6M | $559.4M | +10.9% |
| HS2 03 - HS2 sector 03 | 5 | $1.3B | $331.1M | +13.5% |
| HS2 73 - HS2 sector 73 | 2 | $415.7M | $283.7M | +7.3% |
| HS2 60 - HS2 sector 60 | 4 | $260.2M | $242.4M | +5.3% |

## Frequently asked questions

### Should Palau focus on Southeast Asia?

Use the market ranking as a starting point, then check product fit, buyer requirements, route costs, tariffs, standards, and competitive conditions.

### What does calculated opportunity mean?

It is a screening indicator built from demand and exporter-position signals. It is not a confirmed order, sales forecast, or guarantee of market entry.

### How should exporters use this page?

Prioritize one market and product combination, then validate buyers, compliance, logistics, pricing, and continuity before making a commercial decision.

## Method

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

Yugalinks presents derived views for research and planning. [Read the full methodology](https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology).

## 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.