# Thailand to Saudi Arabia HS 870530 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for vehicles: fire fighting vehicles. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 100/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $80.4M
- Buyer market growth: +47.8%
- Current exporter share: 1.0%
- Share gap: 34.9%

## What the signal means

The signal points to a newly observed exporter-to-buyer relationship in the available reporting. It is a prompt for market research, not a forecast, order, or guarantee of commercial access. Compare demand, suppliers, access, and route history together before acting.

## Market opportunity

- Latest buyer imports: $80.4M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $126.3M
- Supplier countries observed: 20
- Average buyer imports: $59.3M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $244.3M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +16.3%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +47.8%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: Austria
- Top supplier share: 35.9%
- Market concentration: 1,971
- Exporter share: 1.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 34.9%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: 9.9%
- MFN tariff: 9.9%
- Preferential tariff: 0.0%
- Approximate distance: 5,742 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 10.4 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $23.6K
- GDP per-person growth: +3.5%
- Population: 35,341k
- GDP: $833.5B
- GDP five-year CAGR: +6.9%
- Investment rate: 26.3%
- Savings rate: 44.2%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $799.6K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Thailand to Saudi Arabia route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 870530 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $470.1M | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $416.9M | -11.3% |
| 1997 | $375.5M | -9.9% |
| 1998 | $324.3M | -13.6% |
| 1999 | $313.8M | -3.2% |
| 2000 | $280.7M | -10.5% |
| 2001 | $321.8M | +14.6% |
| 2002 | $363.4M | +12.9% |
| 2003 | $436.5M | +20.1% |
| 2004 | $589.0M | +34.9% |
| 2005 | $1.0B | +71.0% |
| 2006 | $1.3B | +27.0% |
| 2007 | $1.4B | +11.9% |
| 2008 | $1.9B | +31.7% |
| 2009 | $1.9B | +0.7% |
| 2010 | $2.2B | +14.6% |
| 2011 | $2.5B | +12.6% |
| 2012 | $3.0B | +22.7% |
| 2013 | $3.1B | +4.2% |
| 2014 | $3.2B | +2.9% |
| 2015 | $3.3B | +2.8% |
| 2016 | $2.6B | -22.0% |
| 2017 | $2.1B | -18.1% |
| 2018 | $1.8B | -15.4% |
| 2019 | $2.1B | +15.0% |
| 2020 | $2.0B | -3.5% |
| 2021 | $2.0B | -1.4% |
| 2022 | $2.4B | +22.1% |
| 2023 | $3.2B | +35.9% |
| 2024 | $3.2B | +0.1% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Thailand to KOR | HS 870380 | New corridor | $1.8B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/tha-kor-870380) |
| Thailand to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 870194 | New corridor | $1.8B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/tha-usa-870194) |
| Thailand to Poland | HS 880240 | New corridor | $1.7B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/tha-pol-880240) |
| Thailand to KOR | HS 020329 | New corridor | $1.7B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/tha-kor-020329) |
| Thailand to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 070700 | New corridor | $1.4B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/tha-usa-070700) |
| Thailand to Mexico | HS 870380 | New corridor | $1.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/tha-mex-870380) |
| Thailand to AUS | HS 310210 | New corridor | $1.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/tha-aus-310210) |
| Thailand to Saudi Arabia | HS 230400 | New corridor | $719.8M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/tha-sau-230400) |

## Frequently asked questions

### What does a new corridor signal mean?

It identifies an exporter, buyer market, and HS6 combination included in the available new-corridor signal set for 2024. It is a research prompt, not a guarantee of demand or sales.

### Is the market opportunity reported trade?

Reported buyer imports and exporter share are observations. Any projection or share-gap measure is calculated from the available data and should not be treated as an order or forecast.

### What should exporters check next?

Validate product fit, buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, competition, and the depth of product-level history before pursuing the route.

## Method

The signal is a calculated research indicator based on available reported trade observations. It is not a confirmed order, sales forecast, or guarantee of market entry. Validate buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-09-02). [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.