Principal Imported goods

Items

Unit

1976

1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2007

2008

2009

Electric power

Mill.kwh

7

8

14

26

77

215

-

-

-

-

Trucks

Units

404

491

358

317

586

159

-

-

-

-

Sedan car

Units

7

41

90

716

481

85

-

-

-

-

Specialized car

Units

12

42

8

36

1 576

6

-

-

-

-

Buses

Units

9

18

18

4

169

20

-

-

-

-

Tractor

Units

159

310

50

50

596

63

-

-

-

-

Motorcycle

Units

-

-

-

-

7 640

17 539

-

-

-

-

Bicycles

Units

3 000

3 000

12 000

27 000

41 604

25 084

-

-

-

-

Fuel

Th.tons

1

56

50

134

378

477

-

-

-

-

Cement

Th.tons

5

16

65

101

152

211

-

-

-

-

Iron

Th.tons

7

9

20

47

22

16

-

-

-

-

Paper

Tons

675

866

1 077

1 052

3 448

2 437

-

-

-

-

Cotton thread

Tons

-

50

250

150

276

336

-

-

-

-

Fabrics

Tons

162

106

7 824

1 720

2 620

503

-

-

-

-

Medicine

Th.U.S.$

432

1 087

2 605

208

7 290

1 036

-

-

-

-

Sugar

Tons

3 132

362

4 000

10 500

12 315

5 563

-

-

-

-

Condensed mill

Th.tons

1

-

-

9

3 134

63

-

-

-

-

Sewing machine

Units

-

200

6 800

4 240

5 018

6 285

-

-

-

-

Rice

Tons

45 000

1 000

7 000

20 000

15 939

4 236

-

-

-

-

Source: Department of Custum & Entreprise d' Eletricite du LAOS

Principal Exported goods 

Items

Unit

1976

1980

1985

1990

2000

2005

2007

2008

2009

Electric power

Mill.kwh

157

767

716

607

622

-

-

-

-

Timber

Th.m3

1

16

4

34

31

-

-

-

-

Lumber

Th.m3

29

11

15

73

4591

-

-

-

-

Plywood

Th.sheets

41

74

135

641

253

-

-

-

-

Coffee

Tons

2732

1219

2900

5900

15181

-

-

-

-

Gypsum

Th.tons

-

3

70

50

100

-

-

-

-

Tin

Tons

1

-

1

820

1958

-

-

-

-

Source: Department of Custum & Entreprise d' Eletricite du LAOS

Import and Export Statistics by class of commodity with 2 degits

Unit: Th.US$

Code

Description

Import

Export

2001

2005

2007

2008

2009

2001

2005

2007

2008

2009

05-Jan

Animals and animal products

4 283

6 870

9 577

21 198

…

2 674

2 381

162

2 082

1249

39978

Vegetable products

10 593

14 479

17 014

48 586

…

19 774

18 912

49 500

57 764

37501

15

Animals fat and Vegetable oil

807

1 805

2 285

4 618

…

5

_

10

5

0

16-24

Processed food, Beverage and tobacco

19 219

26 004

31 195

200 252

…

786

1 365

3 192

3 918

23315

25-27

Oil and minerals products

76 852

180 822

256 878

416 593

…

113 218

21 070

16 488

204 823

366316

28-38

Chemical products or industry related

18 337

325 944

37 438

88 236

…

142

5 361

876

1 101

18092

39-40

Plastic and rubber products

12 396

26 498

29 115

50 708

…

36

47 311

789

182

1315

41-43

Skins and furs and their products

203

268

202

1 233

…

1 185

85

426

421

196

44-46

Wood and Wood products

588

849

977

1 801

…

79 219

61 221

45 062

44 419

29625

47-49

Pulp of wood and paper

5 506

7 948

8 692

14 717

…

505

305

541

413

870

50-63

Textiles and Apparel

13 165

19 335

10 510

19 411

…

1 810

1 034

1 133

1 410

178417

64-67

Shoes, hats, umbrellas, ect.

1 215

1 671

1 508

2 826

…

1

-

3

154074

68-70

Stone, ceramic and glass products

8 484

10 651

13 936

25 677

…

65

32

75

49

38

71

Jewellery and precious metal products

2 987

2 466

12 792

23 052

…

518

40 277

91 135

76 335

73283

72-83

Base metals and their products

24 432

83 114

79 638

236 426

…

350

89 913

214 152

432 868

330790

84-85

Electrical and mechanical machines

64 613

226 846

213 391

393 830

…

595

1 951

1,209

20

14684

86-89

Transport equipment

54 469

87 190

103 987

227 330

…

84

16

360

53

4011

90-92

Optical,photographic,cenematographic, Measuring, checking, percision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus;clocks and watches; musical instruments, partsand accessories of such articles and parts thereof

4 728

8 434

5 762

14 190

…

144

5

126

1

1934

93

Weapons and ammunition and parts thereof

52

1

326

13

…

86

_

-

-

0

94-96

Miscellaneous articles

2 556

5 800

3 975

12 499

…

773

353

918

1,806

1443

97

Art, Antique

7

13

33

…

14

_

4

3

2

98-99

Other

10 014

1 800

893

…

929

775

94

38

0

Total

335 506

1038 796

840 105

1803 228

…

222 911

292 368

426 250

827 713

1237158

Source: Customs Department, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industry,Lanexang Mineral limited, trade party and gament company

Remark: Whole year of the data (Calendar year)