US trade (export - import) with Laos in 2017
Published or Updated: Apr 09, 2018
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Laos in 2017: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Laos
In 2017, US trade with Laos totaled $124.4 million, up 41.31% ($36.4 million) from 2016.
US exports to Laos in 2017 were $25.7 million, down 16.86% ($5.2 million) from 2016.
US imports from Laos in 2017 totaled $98.7 million, up 72.72% ($41.6 million) from 2016.
US trade deficit with Laos in 2017 was $73.1 million, a 177.95% increase ($46.8 million) over 2016.
Laos was the US 159th largest trading partner in 2017 (up from 165th in 2016), accounting for 0.0031% of US total trade (up from 0.0024% in 2016).
Laos was the US 177th largest export market in 2017 (down from 173rd in 2016), accounting for 0.0017% of US total exports (down from 0.0021% in 2016).
Laos was the US 122nd largest supplier in 2017 (up from 133rd in 2016), accounting for 0.0041% of US total imports (up from 0.0025% in 2016).
US Exports to Laos
The major share of US exports to Laos in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 58.02% of US total exports to Laos (27.86% in 2016);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 22.17% of US total exports to Laos (21.13% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.81% of US total exports to Laos (1.74% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 5.01% of US total exports to Laos (3.25% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.61% of US total exports to Laos (41.39% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.12% of US total exports to Laos (0.68% in 2016).
The largest gains in US exports to Laos in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $6,628.1 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $873.1 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $688.9 thousand;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $301.5 thousand;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $282.9 thousand;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $157.0 thousand;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $136.2 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $121.7 thousand;
- Cotton (HS code 52) - an increase of $118.3 thousand;
- Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 93) - an increase of $116.4 thousand;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $112.9 thousand;
- Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use (HS code 59) - an increase of $102.2 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Laos in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Man-made staple fibers (HS code 55) - a decrease of $12,134.3 thousand;
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - a decrease of $831.2 thousand;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - a decrease of $664.8 thousand;
- 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 (HS code 85) - a decrease of $484.0 thousand;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - a decrease of $198.7 thousand;
- Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery (HS code 58) - a decrease of $184.1 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $103.6 thousand;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $94.5 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2016 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2017 over 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 94.5 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 112.9 | 0.44 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0.0 | 0.00 | 20.5 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 450.4 | 1.75 | 148.9 | 202.47 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.3 | -100.00 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0.0 | 0.00 | 74.3 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 218.4 | 0.85 | 82.2 | 165.59 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 167.3 | 0.65 | 10.2 | 1,532.05 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 336.5 | 1.31 | 367.0 | -8.32 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0.0 | 0.00 | 198.7 | -100.00 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 3.1 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2.6 | 0.01 | 67.9 | -96.19 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 128.6 | 0.50 | 95.3 | 34.89 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 28.7 | 0.11 | 101.0 | -71.54 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 25.6 | 0.10 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.6 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 301.2 | 1.17 | 18.3 | 1,546.42 |
| 34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 16.5 | 0.06 | 10.6 | 55.41 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 80.6 | 0.31 | 3.8 | 2,021.58 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 132.6 | 0.52 | 121.1 | 9.53 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 967.8 | 3.77 | 94.7 | 922.16 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 66.5 | 0.26 | 88.5 | -24.91 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3.0 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 37.0 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 18.0 | 0.07 | 15.3 | 17.97 |
| 52 | Cotton | 118.3 | 0.46 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 415.9 | 1.62 | 12,550.3 | -96.69 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.4 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 184.1 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 102.2 | 0.40 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0.0 | 0.00 | 28.1 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 5.9 | 0.02 | 15.7 | -62.82 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 8.6 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 18.8 | 0.07 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0.0 | 0.00 | 16.3 | -100.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 5,692.0 | 22.17 | 6,523.2 | -12.74 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.4 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 29.1 | 0.11 | 23.0 | 26.97 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 6.7 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 167.5 | 0.65 | 103.1 | 62.44 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 30.5 | 0.12 | 48.9 | -37.74 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 53.2 | 0.21 | 28.7 | 85.66 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 10,338.3 | 40.27 | 3,710.2 | 178.65 |
| 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 | 556.2 | 2.17 | 1,040.2 | -46.53 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,541.2 | 9.90 | 1,852.2 | 37.20 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 560.5 | 2.18 | 1,225.2 | -54.26 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 3.0 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 896.4 | 3.49 | 774.7 | 15.70 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.3 | -100.00 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 120.9 | 0.47 | 4.5 | 2,616.18 |
| 94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings | 37.3 | 0.15 | 8.9 | 319.99 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 483.4 | 1.88 | 478.8 | 0.94 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 12.1 | 0.05 | 70.9 | -82.88 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 413.6 | 1.61 | 517.2 | -20.03 |
US Imports from Laos
The major share of US imports from Laos in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 59.96% of US total imports from Laos (23.26% in 2016);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 11.99% of US total imports from Laos (25.54% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 11.86% of US total imports from Laos (13.84% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 6.84% of US total imports from Laos (11.36% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.94% of US total imports from Laos (15.85% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.33% of US total imports from Laos (8.09% in 2016).
The largest gains in US imports from Laos in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 (HS code 85) - an increase of $44,819.3 thousand;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $2,091.1 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $1,241.5 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $1,024.4 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $781.9 thousand;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - an increase of $415.6 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $296.4 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Laos in 2017 over the 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $4,963.4 thousand;
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - a decrease of $2,757.0 thousand;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $1,826.5 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2016 USD thousand) |
Change in 2017 over 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 450.6 | 0.46 | 34.9 | 1,189.89 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,450.1 | 2.48 | 4,276.6 | -42.71 |
| 10 | Cereals | 17.3 | 0.02 | 73.7 | -76.50 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 120.8 | 0.12 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 36.0 | 0.04 | 31.4 | 14.56 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 27.5 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 214.2 | 0.22 | 178.8 | 19.81 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,814.7 | 1.84 | 6,778.1 | -73.23 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.6 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 48.5 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 6.8 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,699.7 | 1.72 | 1,994.5 | -14.78 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 367.8 | 0.37 | 235.7 | 56.02 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0.0 | 0.00 | 33.4 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 59.1 | 0.06 | 98.5 | -39.96 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 200.6 | 0.20 | 240.7 | -16.69 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 5.2 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2.9 | 0.00 | 44.8 | -93.44 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 5.1 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 50 | Silk | 57.2 | 0.06 | 12.8 | 346.79 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0.6 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 75.8 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 9.8 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 34.8 | 0.04 | 2.6 | 1,226.40 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 5,430.2 | 5.50 | 5,133.8 | 5.77 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 3,175.8 | 3.22 | 1,934.3 | 64.18 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 7.4 | 0.01 | 2.2 | 238.70 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 2,919.1 | 2.96 | 828.0 | 252.54 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 3.2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 11,842.3 | 11.99 | 14,599.4 | -18.88 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 6,746.0 | 6.83 | 6,493.5 | 3.89 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 6.7 | 0.01 | 2.8 | 138.20 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 3.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 240.9 | 0.24 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 56,224.1 | 56.94 | 11,404.8 | 392.99 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 66.2 | 0.07 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,674.5 | 2.71 | 1,892.6 | 41.32 |
| 94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings | 82.6 | 0.08 | 84.4 | -2.12 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.6 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 40.5 | 0.04 | 42.8 | -5.27 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 63.7 | 0.06 | 68.5 | -6.95 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 1,584.0 | 1.60 | 559.5 | 183.09 |