Thailand - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in Thailand was 70.74 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 80.27 in 1995 and a minimum value of 50.82 in 1980.

Definition: Manufactures comprise the commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (nonferrous metals).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
1962 75.69
1963 77.12
1964 75.95
1965 73.93
1966 67.52
1967 78.93
1968 78.26
1969 74.69
1970 74.72
1971 70.74
1972 69.19
1973 70.18
1974 65.02
1975 64.11
1976 60.35
1977 60.25
1978 62.29
1979 58.80
1980 50.82
1981 54.13
1982 52.37
1983 59.90
1984 59.70
1985 60.10
1986 66.39
1987 68.23
1988 72.95
1989 72.13
1990 74.74
1991 74.83
1992 75.59
1993 77.47
1994 79.58
1995 80.27
1996 78.01
1997 77.57
1998 77.75
1999 77.33
2000 75.93
2001 74.95
2002 75.76
2003 75.36
2004 72.97
2005 69.67
2006 66.97
2007 68.89
2008 63.70
2009 67.07
2010 66.74
2011 62.23
2012 65.60
2013 62.77
2014 64.87
2015 69.59
2016 72.17
2017 68.91
2018 66.53
2019 68.64
2020 70.74

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports