| Principal Imported goods | ||||||||||||||||
| Items | Unit | 1976 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Electric power | Mill.kwh | 7 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 77 | 215 | 182 | 201 | 217 | 277 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Trucks | Units | 404 | 491 | 358 | 317 | 586 | 159 | 31 140 | 2 097 | 22 728 | 21 370 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sedan car | Units | 7 | 41 | 90 | 716 | 481 | 85 | 2 649 | 393 | 4 036 | 1 254 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Specialized car | Units | 12 | 42 | 8 | 36 | 1 576 | 6 | 603 | 68 | 1 118 | 203 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Buses | Units | 9 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 169 | 20 | 708 | 323 | 1 515 | 2 985 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tractor | Units | 159 | 310 | 50 | 50 | 596 | 63 | 29 880 | 5 054 | 11 084 | 92 204 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Motorcycle | Units | - | - | - | - | 7 640 | 17 539 | 15 522 | 3 450 | 35 193 | 439 493 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bicycles | Units | 3 000 | 3 000 | 12 000 | 27 000 | 41 604 | 25 084 | 14 000 | 7 492 | 32 568 | 113 402 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fuel | Th.tons | 1 | 56 | 50 | 134 | 378 | 477 | 169 | 131 | 236 | 261 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cement | Th.tons | 5 | 16 | 65 | 101 | 152 | 211 | 285 | 126 | 87 | 191 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Iron | Th.tons | 7 | 9 | 20 | 47 | 22 | 16 | 62 | 15 | 29 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paper | Tons | 675 | 866 | 1 077 | 1 052 | 3 448 | 2 437 | 6 582 | 3 620 | 3 654 | 12 445 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cotton thread | Tons | - | 50 | 250 | 150 | 276 | 336 | 197 | 114 | 106 | 527 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fabrics | Tons | 162 | 106 | 7 824 | 1 720 | 2 620 | 503 | 843 | 459 | 275 | 911 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Medicine | Th.U.S.$ | 432 | 1 087 | 2 605 | 208 | 7 290 | 1 036 | 3 184 | 1 145 | 2 077 | 3 258 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sugar | Tons | 3 132 | 362 | 4 000 | 10 500 | 12 315 | 5 563 | 20 119 | 7 864 | 8 737 | 26 889 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Condensed mill | Th.tons | 1 | - | - | 9 | 3 134 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sewing machine | Units | - | 200 | 6 800 | 4 240 | 5 018 | 6 285 | 1 869 | 862 | 1 688 | 3 258 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rice | Tons | 45 000 | 1 000 | 7 000 | 20 000 | 15 939 | 4 236 | 17 958 | 4 107 | 16 010 | 25 906 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Source: Department of Custum & Entreprise d' Eletricite du LAOS | ||||||||||||||||