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India's exports to Laos

US$ 23.4 mn

in 2025, up 89.3% on 2024. India's 165th largest market, 0.0% of India's exports, 233 products.

2021: US$ 16.0 mn

2022: US$ 16.9 mn

2023: US$ 12.8 mn

2024: US$ 12.4 mn

2025: US$ 23.4 mnUS$ 23.4 mn

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What India sells to Laos top 15

#	Product (HS 6-digit)	2025	Change
1	3004.90 Medicaments; consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004…	US$ 6.2 mn	+97.4%
2	8410.90 Turbines; parts of hydraulic turbines and water wheels, including regulators	US$ 2.8 mn	+309.2%
3	3004.39 Medicaments; containing hormones (but not insulin), adrenal cortex hormones or…	US$ 2.4 mn	+325.1%
4	3002.41 Vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar pr…	US$ 2.1 mn	+13.2%
5	2905.14 Alcohols; saturated monohydric, butanols excluding item no. 2905.13	US$ 1.4 mn	+366.3%
6	8481.80 Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances; for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, va…	US$ 1.2 mn	+7,142.4%
7	8503.00 Electric motors and generators; parts suitable for use solely or principally wi…	US$ 824 thousand	+13,069.2%
8	8703.22 Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder…	US$ 816 thousand	+8.5%
9	8703.31 Vehicles; with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (die…	US$ 427 thousand	new
10	2942.00 Organic compounds; n.e.c. in chapter 29	US$ 377 thousand	+96.2%
11	8523.59 Semiconductor media; other than smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding…	US$ 348 thousand	+10.4%
12	3006.60 Pharmaceutical goods; chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on…	US$ 319 thousand	+9.6%
13	8537.10 Boards, panels, consoles, desks and other bases; for electric control or the di…	US$ 310 thousand	+1,894.5%
14	8504.40 Electrical static converters	US$ 292 thousand	new
15	2934.99 Nucleic acids and their salts, other heterocyclic compounds, n.e.c. in heading…	US$ 241 thousand	+6,610.2%

Who else sells to Laos Laos' imports, 2023

Product (HS 4-digit)	Imports	India's share	Leading suppliers
8703 Motor cars and other motor vehicles; principally de… 🇯🇵 Japan27% 🇨🇳 China23% 🇹🇭 Thailand22% 🇺🇸 United States2.8% 🇰🇷 South Korea2.5% 🇬🇧 United Kingdom2.5% 🇮🇳 India1.9% · 8th	235 mn	1.9%8th	Japan 27% China 23%
4106 Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals, w… 🇨🇳 China28% 🇹🇭 Thailand20% 🇮🇳 India18% 🇻🇳 Vietnam13% 🇮🇹 Italy7.8% 🇧🇩 Bangladesh2.5%	12.7 mn	18%3rd	China 28% Thailand 20%
2401 Tobacco, unmanufactured; tobacco refuse 🇧🇷 Brazil24% 🇮🇳 India18% 🇹🇭 Thailand12% 🇨🇳 China7.1% 🇻🇳 Vietnam4.6% 🇬🇷 Greece3.8%	11.1 mn	18%2nd	Brazil 24% Thailand 12%
8474 Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washi… 🇨🇳 China55% 🇦🇺 Australia16% 🇹🇭 Thailand5.9% 🇺🇸 United States2.9% 🇻🇳 Vietnam2.8% 🇮🇳 India2.4%	80.1 mn	2.4%6th	China 55% Australia 16%
3004 Medicaments; (not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 o… 🇹🇭 Thailand49% 🇮🇳 India8.4% 🇨🇳 China6.8% 🇲🇾 Malaysia4.0% 🇺🇸 United States4.0% 🇻🇳 Vietnam3.2%	20.7 mn	8.4%2nd	Thailand 49% China 6.8%
2308 Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable… 🇹🇭 Thailand67% 🇮🇩 Indonesia12% 🇮🇳 India6.3% 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates3.1% 🇧🇷 Brazil0.7% 🇨🇳 China<0.1%	20.7 mn	6.3%3rd	Thailand 67% Indonesia 12%
2304 Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not g… 🇻🇳 Vietnam53% 🇺🇸 United States11% 🇸🇬 Singapore11% 🇹🇭 Thailand8.1% 🇮🇳 India7.4% 🇨🇳 China0.1%	17.1 mn	7.4%5th	Vietnam 53% United States 11%
6907 Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; cer… 🇨🇳 China45% 🇹🇭 Thailand32% 🇻🇳 Vietnam11% 🇮🇳 India3.8% 🇰🇷 South Korea<0.1% 🇳🇦 Namibia<0.1%	30.1 mn	3.8%4th	China 45% Thailand 32%
9017 Drawing, marking-out, mathematical calculating inst… 🇮🇳 India53% 🇨🇳 China37% 🇹🇭 Thailand6.5% 🇦🇺 Australia0.8% 🇺🇸 United States0.6% 🇻🇳 Vietnam0.2%	2.1 mn	53%1st	China 37% Thailand 6.5%
3002 Human blood; animal blood for therapeutic, prophyla… 🇺🇸 United States49% 🇨🇳 China8.1% 🇹🇭 Thailand8.1% 🇮🇳 India6.4% 🇫🇷 France4.8% 🇳🇱 Netherlands4.8%	10.5 mn	6.4%4th	United States 49% China 8.1%
7326 Iron or steel; articles, n.e.c. in chapter 73 🇨🇳 China62% 🇹🇭 Thailand11% 🇻🇳 Vietnam5.2% 🇮🇳 India4.0% 🇦🇺 Australia3.0% 🇮🇩 Indonesia0.6%	16.5 mn	4.0%4th	China 62% Thailand 11%
8537 Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, bases wi… 🇨🇳 China53% 🇹🇭 Thailand29% 🇵🇱 Poland2.9% 🇻🇳 Vietnam2.7% 🇦🇺 Australia2.4% 🇮🇳 India1.5%	39.1 mn	1.5%6th	China 53% Thailand 29%

What Laos buys most where India has under 5% of the market: openings, or where others are stronger.

Product (HS 4-digit)	Imports	India's share	Leading suppliers
2710 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, n… 🇹🇭 Thailand86% 🇻🇳 Vietnam3.0% 🇸🇬 Singapore1.3% 🇨🇳 China0.2% 🇲🇾 Malaysia<0.1% 🇰🇷 South Korea<0.1% 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 19th	1.26 bn	<0.1%19th	Thailand 86% Vietnam 3.0%
8704 Vehicles; for the transport of goods 🇨🇳 China42% 🇹🇭 Thailand31% 🇰🇷 South Korea12% 🇯🇵 Japan3.5% 🇻🇳 Vietnam1.3% 🇺🇸 United States0.5% 🇮🇳 India0.2% · 7th	247 mn	0.2%7th	China 42% Thailand 31%
8703 Motor cars and other motor vehicles; principally de… 🇯🇵 Japan27% 🇨🇳 China23% 🇹🇭 Thailand22% 🇺🇸 United States2.8% 🇰🇷 South Korea2.5% 🇬🇧 United Kingdom2.5% 🇮🇳 India1.9% · 8th	235 mn	1.9%8th	Japan 27% China 23%
2202 Waters, including mineral and aerated waters, conta… 🇹🇭 Thailand94% 🇨🇳 China0.9% 🇺🇸 United States<0.1% 🇸🇬 Singapore<0.1% 🇻🇳 Vietnam<0.1% 🇲🇾 Malaysia<0.1%	207 mn	–not sold	Thailand 94% China 0.9%
4707 Waste and scrap of paper and paperboard 🇺🇸 United States62% 🇮🇹 Italy8.2% 🇨🇦 Canada6.7% 🇪🇸 Spain6.0% 🇨🇱 Chile2.2% 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic0.9%	205 mn	–not sold	United States 62% Italy 8.2%
1701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in… 🇹🇭 Thailand91% 🇮🇩 Indonesia0.2% 🇨🇳 China0.1% 🇲🇾 Malaysia0.1% 🇮🇳 India<0.1% 🇻🇳 Vietnam<0.1%	196 mn	<0.1%5th	Thailand 91% Indonesia 0.2%
8544 Insulated wire, cable and other electric conductors… 🇹🇭 Thailand45% 🇨🇳 China43% 🇻🇳 Vietnam2.5% 🇯🇵 Japan1.5% 🇹🇷 Turkey0.7% 🇺🇸 United States0.4% 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 23rd	167 mn	<0.1%23rd	Thailand 45% China 43%
7308 Structures of iron or steel and parts thereof; plat… 🇨🇳 China67% 🇹🇭 Thailand9.8% 🇨🇭 Switzerland4.9% 🇻🇳 Vietnam4.7% 🇩🇪 Germany0.3% 🇦🇺 Australia0.3% 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 14th	113 mn	<0.1%14th	China 67% Thailand 9.8%
8429 Bulldozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, angledoze… 🇨🇳 China43% 🇰🇷 South Korea15% 🇹🇭 Thailand12% 🇯🇵 Japan8.9% 🇮🇩 Indonesia2.2% 🇻🇳 Vietnam2.1% 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 10th	107 mn	<0.1%10th	China 43% South Korea 15%
3812 Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers… 🇨🇳 China53% 🇹🇭 Thailand0.9% 🇻🇳 Vietnam<0.1%	101 mn	–not sold	China 53% Thailand 0.9%

US$ million. As reported by Laos' customs to UN Comtrade for 2023 (imports, usually valued with freight and insurance), so the figures differ from India's own export figures above. Open a product for its six biggest suppliers. Exportsmitra's figures, not ECGC's.

Growing fastest

Product	2025	Change
3004.90 Medicaments; consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004… +US$ 3.1 mn	US$ 6.2 mn	+97.4%
8410.90 Turbines; parts of hydraulic turbines and water wheels, including regulators +US$ 2.1 mn	US$ 2.8 mn	+309.2%
3004.39 Medicaments; containing hormones (but not insulin), adrenal cortex hormones or… +US$ 1.8 mn	US$ 2.4 mn	+325.1%
8481.80 Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances; for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, va… +US$ 1.2 mn	US$ 1.2 mn	+7,142.4%
2905.14 Alcohols; saturated monohydric, butanols excluding item no. 2905.13 +US$ 1.1 mn	US$ 1.4 mn	+366.3%
8503.00 Electric motors and generators; parts suitable for use solely or principally wi… +US$ 818 thousand	US$ 824 thousand	+13,069.2%
8537.10 Boards, panels, consoles, desks and other bases; for electric control or the di… +US$ 295 thousand	US$ 310 thousand	+1,894.5%
3002.41 Vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar pr… +US$ 241 thousand	US$ 2.1 mn	+13.2%

By chapter

30 Pharmaceutical productsUS$ 11.6 mn
84 Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers…US$ 4.8 mn
85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts…US$ 2.5 mn
29 Organic chemicalsUS$ 2.2 mn
87 Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolli…US$ 1.4 mn
38 Chemical products n.e.c.US$ 241 thousand
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measu…US$ 186 thousand
02 Meat and edible meat offalUS$ 106 thousand
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks…US$ 74 thousand
69 Ceramic productsUS$ 68 thousand

New in 2025

Products India had not sold to Laos in the earlier years shown.

8703.31 Vehicles; with only compression-ignition internal combustio…US$ 427 thousand
3815.12 Catalysts, supported; reaction initiators, reaction acceler…US$ 231 thousand
8504.34 Transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power han…US$ 188 thousand
8415.82 Air conditioning machines; containing a motor driven fan, o…US$ 149 thousand
8479.82 Machines; for mixing, kneading, crushing, grinding, screeni…US$ 132 thousand
8502.13 Electric generating sets; with compression-ignition interna…US$ 80 thousand
2932.20 Heterocyclic compounds; with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only, co…US$ 68 thousand
6903.90 Refractory ceramic goods; composition of which n.e.c. in he…US$ 46 thousand

Source: UN Comtrade database (United Nations Statistics Division), as reported by India. Values in US$, calendar years. ECGC rating: ECGC Limited's short-term country classification, shown for convenience; Exportsmitra's figures and notes are not from ECGC.