That dollar metric reflects a 30% advance compared to $269.1 billion during 2021.
Year over year, the overall cost of products imported into Thailand accelerated by 12.8% from $310.2 billion in 2024.
Thai imports for 2025 represent around 1.4% of overall global imports which cost $24.3 trillion, up from 1.3% one year earlier.
Based on the average exchange rate for 2025, Thailand uses the Thai baht which depreciated by -7.2% against the US dollar from 2024 to 2025. Thailand’s weaker currency made Thailand imports paid for in stronger US dollars relatively more expensive when starting from Thai baht.
Best Suppliers for Thailand’s Imports
The latest available country-specific data shows that more than three-quarters (77.6%) of products imported into Thailand was furnished by exporters in: mainland China (31.1% of Thailand’s total), Japan (8.6%), Taiwan (7.4%), United States of America (6.2%), United Arab Emirates (5.1%), Malaysia (4.3%), Vietnam (3.1%), Indonesia (3%), South Korea (2.8%), Singapore (2.2%), Switzerland (2.1%) and India (1.7%).
Applying a continental lens, almost four-fifths (79.2%) of Thailand’s total imports by value in 2025 were purchased from fellow Asian countries. Trade partners based in Europe supplied 8.7% of imports into Thailand while another 6.9% worth originated from North America.
Oceania (mainly Australia and New Zealand) accounted for 2% of the total. Tinier percentages came from suppliers in Latin America (1.7%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, and Africa (1.6%).
Given Thailand’s population of 70.3 million people, its total US$349.9 billion in 2025 imports translates to roughly $4,975 in yearly product demand from every person in the East Asian country. That per-capita amount surpasses the average $4,400 one year earlier in 2024.
Thailand’s Top 10 Imports
The following product groups represent the highest dollar value in Thailand’s import purchases during 2025. Also shown is the percentage share each product category represents in terms of overall imports into Thailand.
- Electrical machinery, equipment: US$90.3 billion (25.8% of total imports)
- Mineral fuels including oil: $45.2 billion (12.9%)
- Machinery including computers: $40.4 billion (11.5%)
- Gems, precious metals: $29.5 billion (8.4%)
- Iron, steel: $12 billion (3.4%)
- Vehicles: $12 billion (3.4%)
- Plastics, plastic articles: $11.7 billion (3.3%)
- Articles of iron or steel: $9.4 billion (2.7%)
- Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $8.4 billion (2.4%)
- Copper: $6.9 billion (2%)
Thailand’s top 10 imports represent 75.9% of the overall value of Thai product purchases from other countries.
Among these top categories, the fastest growth products attracting Thai import purchases were electrical machinery and equipment (up 37.5% from 2024), gems and precious metals (up 36.9%) propelled by greater spending on imported gold, then imported optical, technical and medical apparatus (up 20.9%).
The lone decline was for Thai imports under the mineral fuels including oil category (down -12.7% from 2024).
Please note that the results listed above are at the 2-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level.
At the more granular 4-digit level, Thai importers spent the most on electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies (10% of total), crude oil (8.3%), unwrought gold (6%), phone devices including smartphones (3.2%), petroleum gases (2.4%), computers including optical readers (2.3%), automotive parts or accessories (1.8%), electrical machinery (1.7%), miscellaneous items made from iron or steel (1.3%), then computer parts or accessories (1.2%).
Collectively, those in-demand products generated almost two-fifths (38.2%) of overall Thai spending on imports.
Thailand’s Best Electronics Product Imports
In 2025, Thai importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of electronics.
- Integrated circuits/microassemblies: US$34.9 billion (up 41.4% from 2024)
- Phone devices including smartphones: $11.2 billion (up 47.8%)
- Electrical machinery: $5.9 billion (up 113%)
- Solar power diodes/semi-conductors: $4 billion (up 30.2%)
- Unrecorded sound media: $3.6 billion (up 24.1%)
- Printed circuits: $3.6 billion (up 30.9%)
- Lower-voltage switches, fuses: $3.3 billion (up 26.6%)
- Electrical/optical circuit boards, panels: $32 billion (up 30%)
- Insulated wire/cable: $2.87 billion (up 20.6%)
- Electrical converters/power units: $2.78 billion (up 16.8%)
Among these import subcategories, Thai purchases of electrical machinery (up 113%), phone devices including smartphones (up 47.8%) then integrated circuits or microassemblies (up 41.4%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported electronics among Thai businesses and consumers.
Thailand’s Best Mineral Fuels Imports
In 2025, Thai importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of mineral fuels-related items.
- Crude oil: US$29 billion (down -14.1% from 2024)
- Petroleum gases: $8.4 billion (down -13%)
- Processed petroleum oils: $3.4 billion (down -13%)
- Electrical energy: $2.4 billion (up 12.4%)
- Coal, solid fuels made from coal: $1.4 billion (down -12.7%)
- Petroleum oil residues: $255.8 million (up 12.2%)
- Coal tar oils (high temperature distillation): $178.4 million (down -36.9%)
- Petroleum jelly, mineral waxes: $51.4 million (down -14.1%)
- Peat: $6.7 million (down -21%)
- Coke, semi-coke: $5.8 million (down -26.6%)
Among these import subcategories, Thai purchases of electrical energy (up 12.4%) and petroleum oil residues (up 12.2%) grew from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of mineral fuels-related imports among Thai businesses and consumers.
Thailand’s Best Machinery Imports Including Computers
In 2025, Thai importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of machinery including computers.
- Computers, optical readers: US$8 billion (down -4.9% from 2024)
- Computer parts, accessories: $4.3 billion (up 11%)
- Air or vacuum pumps: $2.6 billion (up 18.7%)
- Turbo-jets: $2 billion (down -5.9%)
- Miscellaneous machinery: $1.6 billion (up 34%)
- Taps, valves, similar appliances: $1.4 billion (up 7.4%)
- Printing machinery: $1.4 billion (up 8.2%)
- Piston engine parts: $1.3 billion (up 3%)
- Lifting/loading machinery: $1.2 billion (up 58.2%)
- Centrifuges, filters and purifiers: $1.1 billion (up 16%)
Among these import subcategories, Thai purchases of lifting or loading machinery (up 58.2%), miscellaneous machinery (up 34%) then air or vacuum pumps (up 18.7%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported machinery including computers among Thai businesses and consumers.
Thailand’s Gems and Precious Metals Imports
In 2025, Thai importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of gems and precious metals.
- Gold (unwrought): US$21 billion (up 36.2% from 2024)
- Jewelry: $2.5 billion (up 46.8%)
- Diamonds (unmounted/unset): $1.5 billion (down -5.1%)
- Silver (unwrought): $1.4 billion (up 96.8%)
- Precious/semi-precious stones (unstrung): $1.3 billion (up 3.3%)
- Coins: $1 billion (up 421.2%)
- Other precious metal items: $308.3 million (up 56.9%)
- Platinum (unwrought): $178 million (up 108%)
- Synthetic precious stones: $171.1 million (down -29.2%)
- Imitation jewelry: $121 million (up 2.8%)
Among these import subcategories, Thai purchases of coins (up 421.2%), unwrought platinum (up 108%) then unwrought silver (up 96.8%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported gems and precious metals among Thai businesses and consumers.
See also Thailand’s Top Trading Partners, Thailand’s Top 10 Exports and Thailand’s Top 10 Major Export Companies
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Country Profiles. Accessed on March 12, 2026
International Monetary Fund, Exchange Rates selected indicators (Domestic Currency per U.S. dollar, period average). Accessed on March 12, 2026
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on March 12, 2026
Richest Country Reports, Key Statistics Powering Global Wealth. Accessed on March 12, 2026