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France-Thailand Trade: In 2022, France exported $1.73B to Thailand. The main products that France exported to Thailand were Trunks and Cases ($99.5M), Packaged Medicaments ($94.1M), and Planes, Helicopters, and/or Spacecraft ($87.8M). Over the past 5 years the exports of France to Thailand have decreased at an annualized rate of 8.7%, from $2.72B in 2017 to $1.73B in 2022.

In 2020, France exported services to Thailand worth $389M, with Other business services ($160M), Transportation ($120M), and Royalties and license fees ($43.4M) being the largest in terms of value.

Thailand-France Trade: In 2022, Thailand exported $2.45B to France. The main products that Thailand exported to France were Air Conditioners ($233M), Planes, Helicopters, and/or Spacecraft ($166M), and Optical Fibers and optical fibre bundles ($128M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Thailand to France have decreased at an annualized rate of 0.3%,  from $2.51B in 2017 to $2.45B in 2022.

In 2022, Thailand did not export any services to France.

Comparison: In 2022,  France ranked 16 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.3), and 8 in total exports ($608B). That same year, Thailand ranked 29 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.96), and 27 in total exports ($312B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, France exported $1.73B to Thailand. The main products exported from France to Thailand were Trunks and Cases ($99.5M), Packaged Medicaments ($94.1M), and Planes, Helicopters, and/or Spacecraft ($87.8M). During the last 5 years the exports of France to Thailand have decreased at an annualized rate of 8.7%, from $2.72B in 2017 to $1.73B in 2022.

In 2017, Thailand exported $2.45B to France. The main products exported from Thailand to France were Air Conditioners ($233M), Planes, Helicopters, and/or Spacecraft ($166M), and Optical Fibers and optical fibre bundles ($128M). During the last 5 years the exports of Thailand to France have decreased at an annualized rate of 0.3%, from $2.51B in 2022 to $2.45B in 2017.

Exports from France (Flag) to Thailand (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Thailand (Flag) to France (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between France (Flag) and Thailand (Flag)

France Exports

Thailand Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
France
Top Destination
Germany$78.3B
Thailand
Top Destination
United States$53.4B

This map shows whether countries import more from France or Thailand. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from France and Thailand or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from France than Thailand included Germany ($78.3B), Italy ($56.4B), and Belgium ($47.8B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Thailand than France included Japan ($24.6B), Vietnam ($13.4B), and Malaysia ($12.7B).

Difference in imports from Thailand (Flag) and France (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage France - Thailand

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between France and Thailand by product, considering products traded by both, France and Thailand.

During 2022, France had a large net trade with Thailand in the exports of Chemical Products ($424M), Machines ($246M), and Transportation ($161M).

During 2017, Thailand had a large net trade with France in the exports of Machines ($797M), Transportation ($405M), and Plastics and Rubbers ($282M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential France Thailand+$62.7MPetroleum Gas
Top Product Potential Thailand France+$106MComputers

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of France and Thailand. This means that a dot/product with the flag of France indicates it has a comparative advantage over Thailand. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Thailand indicates it has a comparative advantage over France.

Product Space of France (Flag) and Thailand (Flag) (2022)

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