Full trade & compliance profile
Laos — Trade & Compliance
Laos's trade profile consolidates its merchandise flow from CEPII BACI, the preferential agreements it has entered from the World Bank, the international cargo conventions it has ratified from the UN Treaty Collection, and its applied tariff, VAT and currency of record from the World Bank, the EU and ISO 4217.
Every figure is shown as its named source records it and dated where the source dates it; trade partners and product codes link to their own pages where logibook profiles them.
4
trade agreements
5
cargo treaties
8.48%
MFN applied tariff
Memberships & standing
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Laos beyond logistics?
Trade Flow
Top import sources
- 1Thailand56.4%
- 2China36.4%
- 3Rep. of Korea1.2%
- 4Japan1.0%
- 5Singapore0.7%
Leading export goods (HS2)
- 1Mineral fuels & oils22.2%
- 2Ores, slag, ash10.5%
- 3Electrical machinery9.1%
- 4Fertilizers7.9%
- 5Pearls, precious stones & metals7.1%
Leading import goods (HS2)
- 1Mineral fuels & oils17.0%
- 2Machinery & mechanical appliances13.1%
- 3Vehicles10.5%
- 4Electrical machinery8.3%
- 5Plastics3.6%
Fastest-rising export goods
- 1Electrical machinery+5.26pp
- 2Ores, slag, ash+3.20pp
- 3Inorganic chemicals+2.73pp
Declining export goods
- 1Pearls, precious stones & metals−9.27pp
- 2Beverages & spirits−2.06pp
- 3Sugars−1.96pp
Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is in — CEPII BACI · 2024
Preferential Trade Agreements
ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)2010
Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) - Accession of China2002
Lao People's Democratic Republic - Thailand1991
Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA)1976
International Cargo Treaties
- ✓Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982. New York, 28 July 1994
- ✓Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. New York, 19 June 2023
- ✓United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Vienna, 11 April 1980
- ✓International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods. Geneva, 21 October 1982
- ✓Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States. New York, 8 July 1965
Fiscal & Tariffs
MFN applied tariff
8.48%
simple average (2022)
Key commodities
Top agricultural output
Cassava, fresh
7.4M t
Top mineral output
coal
3.6M tonnes (metric)
Energy production
Primary energy production
0.1 quadrillion Btu
Top item per category of 67 commodities tracked — full lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA
All Sources
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Compiled (public facts)
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Public domain (US gov)↗
Referenceinternational organisation membership recordsinternational organisation membership records
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