Laos | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2008 - 2019

Exports structure from Laos in 2019 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 23% (1.34 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 11.2% (654 million US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash
• 7.48% (434 million US$): 74 - Copper and articles thereof
• 6.94% (403 million US$): 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
• 4.93% (286 million US$): 47 - Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulose material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard
• 4.88% (283 million US$): 08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
• 4.31% (250 million US$): 22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar
• 3.94% (229 million US$): 01 - Live animals
• 3.83% (223 million US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 3.76% (218 million US$): 40 - Rubber and articles thereof

What did Laos export in 2019?

Laos's Top Exports in 2019:

• 22% ($1.32 billion): 2716 - Electrical energy. (optional heading)
• 10.1% ($589 million): 2603 - Copper ores and concentrates
• 7.46% ($433 million): 7403 - Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought.
• 3.94% ($229 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.
• 3.9% ($226 million): 0102 - Live bovine animals
• 3.74% ($217 million): 4001 - Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip
• 3.61% ($210 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
• 3.33% ($193 million): 0803 - Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried
• 3.31% ($192 million): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
• 2.12% ($123 million): 1701 - Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form

Imports structure to Laos in 2019 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 16.1% (935 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 13.5% (787 million US$): 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
• 9.01% (522 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 8.93% (517 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 6.38% (369 million US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel
• 4.75% (275 million US$): 72 - Iron and steel
• 4.23% (245 million US$): 22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar
• 4.05% (235 million US$): 01 - Live animals
• 3.01% (175 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 1.55% (90 million US$): 17 - Sugars and sugar confectionery

What did Laos import in 2019?

Laos's Top Imports in 2019:

• 12.6% ($734 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
• 3.94% ($228 million): 0102 - Live bovine animals
• 3.66% ($212 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
• 3.57% ($207 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.
• 3.5% ($202 million): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
• 3.42% ($198 million): 8529 - Transmission apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8524 to 8528
• 3.08% ($178 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
• 2.82% ($163 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
• 2.4% ($139 million): 2716 - Electrical energy. (optional heading)
• 1.59% ($92 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