Laos | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2007 - 2018

Exports structure from Laos in 2018 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 24% (1.41 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 13% (760 million US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash
• 12.8% (749 million US$): 74 - Copper and articles thereof
• 8.47% (492 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 4.91% (285 million US$): 47 - Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulose material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard
• 4.82% (280 million US$): 22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar
• 3.17% (184 million US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 2.91% (169 million US$): 40 - Rubber and articles thereof
• 2.88% (167 million US$): 08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
• 2.21% (128 million US$): 62 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted

What did Laos export in 2018?

Laos's Top Exports in 2018:

• 24% ($1.39 billion): 2716 - Electrical energy. (optional heading)
• 12.8% ($749 million): 7403 - Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought.
• 12.1% ($707 million): 2603 - Copper ores and concentrates
• 4.89% ($284 million): 4703 - Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades
• 4.37% ($254 million): 8525 - Transmission apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy, radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras; still image video cameras and other video camera recorders; digital cameras
• 4.23% ($246 million): 2202 - Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading 20.09.
• 2.89% ($168 million): 4001 - Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip
• 2.73% ($159 million): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
• 2.67% ($155 million): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
• 1.92% ($112 million): 0803 - Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried

Imports structure to Laos in 2018 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 18.3% (1.07 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 14.4% (847 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 10.6% (624 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 10.3% (605 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 5.4% (316 million US$): 72 - Iron and steel
• 4.87% (285 million US$): 22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar
• 4.4% (257 million US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel
• 2.27% (133 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 2.1% (123 million US$): 25 - Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
• 1.69% (98 million US$): 01 - Live animals

What did Laos import in 2018?

Laos's Top Imports in 2018:

• 13.1% ($770 million): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 4.77% ($279 million): 8544 - Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including co-axial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors
• 4.24% ($248 million): 2202 - Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading 20.09.
• 4.24% ($248 million): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
• 4.02% ($235 million): 8529 - Transmission apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8524 to 8528
• 3.59% ($210 million): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
• 2.42% ($141 million): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
• 1.93% ($113 million): 7308 - Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 94.06) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frame-works, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel
• 1.82% ($106 million): 2523 - Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
• 1.68% ($98 million): 8502 - Electric generating sets and rotary converters