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Laos: what it imports and exports

The top 20 imported and exported products of Laos at HS4 level, from official CEPII BACI statistics. Open a product to see its world market.

Goods imports, 2024USD 8.7 billionGrowth −4.9% against 2023. Source: CEPII BACI, record BACI:LA:TOTAL:1:2024.
Goods exports, 2024USD 10.7 billionGrowth +1.0% against 2023. Source: CEPII BACI, record BACI:LA:TOTAL:2:2024.
HS4 products imported1,156Products with a recorded import flow in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI.
Trade companies in the directory60Active companies in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G), counts only. Source: AYBARION company directory, see the Data Passport.

Top 20 imported products

#Product (HS4)Value 2024GrowthRecord
12710 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crudeUSD 1.3 billion−1.4%BACI:LA:2710:1:2024
28703 Motor cars and other motor vehiclesUSD 297.1 million+8.9%BACI:LA:8703:1:2024
38704 Vehicles: for the transport of goodsUSD 278.2 million+25.0%BACI:LA:8704:1:2024
41701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucroseUSD 230.1 million−2.4%BACI:LA:1701:1:2024
58429 Bulldozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, angledozersUSD 207.8 million+52.3%BACI:LA:8429:1:2024
67108 GoldUSD 173.5 million+28.9%BACI:LA:7108:1:2024
72716 Electrical energyUSD 160.9 million+40.6%BACI:LA:2716:1:2024
88517 Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephonesUSD 142.4 million+42.5%BACI:LA:8517:1:2024
92202 Waters, including mineral and aerated watersUSD 133.1 million−0.8%BACI:LA:2202:1:2024
108486 Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principallyUSD 128.0 million+22.7%BACI:LA:8486:1:2024
118701 TractorsUSD 118.3 million+45.3%BACI:LA:8701:1:2024
123923 Plastic articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, stoppersUSD 95.7 million+4.6%BACI:LA:3923:1:2024
137210 Iron or non-alloy steelUSD 92.3 million+4.6%BACI:LA:7210:1:2024
143102 Fertilizers: mineral or chemicalUSD 87.8 million+23.8%BACI:LA:3102:1:2024
158544 Insulated wire, cable and other electric conductorsUSD 84.4 million−38.5%BACI:LA:8544:1:2024
164401 Fuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar formsUSD 79.6 million−11.7%BACI:LA:4401:1:2024
174011 New pneumatic tyres, of rubberUSD 78.0 million+15.7%BACI:LA:4011:1:2024
183105 Fertilizers: mineral or chemicalUSD 74.5 million+0.3%BACI:LA:3105:1:2024
193402 Organic surface-active agentsUSD 73.9 million+17.5%BACI:LA:3402:1:2024
203818 Chemical elements doped for use in electronicsUSD 71.2 million+76.1%BACI:LA:3818:1:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Record IDs per row.

Top 20 exported products

#Product (HS4)Value 2024GrowthRecord
12716 Electrical energyUSD 2.4 billion+1.4%BACI:LA:2716:2:2024
23104 Fertilizers: mineral or chemicalUSD 825.6 million+12.5%BACI:LA:3104:2:2024
37108 GoldUSD 725.2 million−43.5%BACI:LA:7108:2:2024
42601 Iron ores and concentratesUSD 480.0 million+16.0%BACI:LA:2601:2:2024
52603 Copper ores and concentratesUSD 476.3 million+11.8%BACI:LA:2603:2:2024
64805 Uncoated paper and paperboardUSD 434.3 million+0.5%BACI:LA:4805:2:2024
78541 Semiconductor devicesUSD 410.0 million+3,884.4%BACI:LA:8541:2:2024
80714 Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, freshUSD 399.8 million+15.4%BACI:LA:0714:2:2024
94001 Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayuleUSD 398.4 million−18.4%BACI:LA:4001:2:2024
108517 Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephonesUSD 337.3 million+57.5%BACI:LA:8517:2:2024
114702 Chemical wood pulp, dissolving gradesUSD 289.3 million+12.2%BACI:LA:4702:2:2024
122846 Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metalsUSD 259.6 million+150.4%BACI:LA:2846:2:2024
131108 Starches: inulinUSD 198.3 million+109.2%BACI:LA:1108:2:2024
149001 Optical fibres and optical fibre bundlesUSD 190.0 million−2.1%BACI:LA:9001:2:2024
154002 Synthetic rubber and factice derived from oilsUSD 174.2 million+253.5%BACI:LA:4002:2:2024
166203 Suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousersUSD 154.8 million−1.8%BACI:LA:6203:2:2024
176403 Footwear: with outer soles of rubberUSD 115.8 million−11.7%BACI:LA:6403:2:2024
187403 Copper: refined and copper alloysUSD 109.1 million−2.0%BACI:LA:7403:2:2024
192606 Aluminium ores and concentratesUSD 107.0 million+1,005.5%BACI:LA:2606:2:2024
204402 Wood charcoalUSD 102.2 million+69.1%BACI:LA:4402:2:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Record IDs per row.

Data Passport

  • CEPII BACI HS22 V202601: trade values by exporter, importer and product, years 2024 and 2023, USD at FOB prices, quantities in metric tons. Publisher: CEPII. Licence: Etalab Open Licence 2.0 (Licence Ouverte), attribution "CEPII BACI". Record IDs: BACI:reporter:product:flow:year. Source
  • AYBARION company directory: counts of active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE Rev.2 section G), from official registers and open datasets, built 2026-10-22. Counts only: no names, addresses or contacts are shown here. Sources under share-alike licences (CC BY-SA) or with an unverified licence are not counted, and no company data is offered for countries under comprehensive sanctions.
  • Method: Values are CEPII BACI reconciled flows of Laos with all partners, aggregated from HS6 to HS4; growth compares 2024 with 2023.

Trade database built 2026-10-24. Values are official statistics as published; nothing on this page is estimated or invented. More in our methodology.

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