Agri-Food Trade Service
Fact Sheets
Thailand - At a Glance
Basic Information
| Land area: |
514,000 km² * |
| Population: |
69.5 million (2011)* |
| Total GDP: |
US$ 357.1 billion (2011)* |
| GDP/capita: |
US$ 5,137 (2011)* |
| GDP growth rate: |
2.9% (2011)* |
| Capital city: |
Bangkok |
| Prime Minister: |
Yingluck Shinawatra |
| Minister of Agriculture: |
Thira Wongsamut |
| Canadian Ambassador: |
Ron Hoffmann |
Canada-Thailand Agri-Food Trade** (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Agri-Food Exports: |
93.547 |
81.074 |
179.277 |
| Total Agri-Food Imports: |
243.315 |
256.384 |
280.872 |
| Trade Balance: |
-149.768 |
-175.310 |
-101.595 |
Canadian Top 5 Agri-Food Exports (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Agri-Food Exports: |
93.547 |
81.074 |
179.277 |
| Non-durum wheat |
38.918 |
32.774 |
117.970 |
| Soybeans |
9.411 |
13.745 |
19.537 |
| Non-alcoholic beverages |
8.924 |
5.128 |
6.923 |
| Potatoes, fresh or chilled |
5.119 |
4.367 |
6.830 |
| Canola meal |
9.722 |
4.284 |
5.882 |
Canadian Top 5 Agri-Food Imports (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Agri-Food Imports: |
243.315 |
256.384 |
280.872 |
| Rice |
80.911 |
93.339 |
88.519 |
| Pineapples, prepared or preserved |
17.809 |
17.431 |
18.727 |
| Fruit and edible plants |
8.053 |
10.386 |
14.481 |
| Prepared chicken meat |
11.487 |
9.378 |
12.996 |
| Dog and cat food |
5.825 |
7.622 |
10.322 |
Canadian Top 5 Seafood Exports (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Seafood Exports: |
17.644 |
19.896 |
13.889 |
| Frozen shrimps and prawns, in shell |
3.871 |
6.236 |
3.255 |
| Frozen pink samon |
1.035 |
0.013 |
2.336 |
| Frozen snow crabs |
2.876 |
2.392 |
1.418 |
| Live lobsters |
0.887 |
1.140 |
1.290 |
| Frozen mackerel |
1.158 |
1.265 |
1.170 |
Thailand Agri-Food and Seafood Imports - 2011*** (US$ million)
| |
World |
Canada |
Canada's Share |
| Agri-Food and Seafood |
12,645 |
206 |
1.6% |
| Soybeans |
1,128 |
19 |
1.7% |
| Cotton, not carded or combed |
1,124 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Soybean meal |
1,097 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Frozen skipjack tuna |
1,056 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Non-durum wheat |
506 |
113 |
22.4% |
Canada-Thailand Total Merchandise Trade*** (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Merchandise Exports: |
513.422 |
619.813 |
768.908 |
| Total Merchandise Imports: |
2,298.576 |
2,408.587 |
2,674.147 |
| Trade Balance: |
-1,785.154 |
-1,788.774 |
-1,905.239 |
Canadian Top 10 Total Merchandise Exports (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Merchandise Exports: |
513.422 |
619.813 |
768.908 |
| Pulp of wood |
115.359 |
134.496 |
125.127 |
| Cereals |
38.993 |
32.891 |
118.056 |
| Fertilizers |
37.039 |
86.156 |
115.842 |
| Electrical machinery and equipment |
53.429 |
61.031 |
67.900 |
| Precious metals, stones and pearls |
1.054 |
37.733 |
66.789 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery |
44.763 |
52.137 |
44.208 |
| Nickel and articles thereof |
5.289 |
6.686 |
26.220 |
| Oilseeds |
13.100 |
15.332 |
22.918 |
| Fish and crustaceans |
17.606 |
19.771 |
13.777 |
| Inorganic chemicals |
13.985 |
15.297 |
11.016 |
Canadian Top 10 Total Merchandise Imports (CDN$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Merchandise Imports: |
2,298.576 |
2,408.587 |
2,674.147 |
| Electrical machinery and equipment |
609.985 |
655.446 |
759.019 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery |
348.467 |
342.914 |
328.845 |
| Edible preparations of meat and fish |
248.356 |
221.099 |
254.433 |
| Rubber and articles thereof |
119.735 |
176.536 |
251.492 |
| Fish and crustaceans |
115.933 |
130.128 |
155.265 |
| Precious metals, stones and pearls |
73.851 |
108.999 |
142.645 |
| Cereals |
82.224 |
94.885 |
89.722 |
| Optical and medical instruments |
66.937 |
76.517 |
66.166 |
| Preparations of vegetables, fruit and nuts |
52.017 |
54.937 |
65.460 |
| Articles of iron or steel |
45.486 |
55.793 |
59.431 |
Thailand Top 10 Total Merchandise Imports (US$ million)
| |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Total Merchandise Imports: |
134,596.829 |
18,453.643 |
229,036.191 |
| Mineral fuels and oils |
25,063.105 |
32,005.747 |
43,632.981 |
| Electrical machinery and equipment |
25,340.394 |
33,324.262 |
35,232.339 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery |
19,063.180 |
24,666.284 |
28,434.943 |
| Precious metals, stones and pearls |
6,037.356 |
10,552.929 |
20,625.322 |
| Iron and steel |
6,926.686 |
11,128.184 |
13,139.248 |
| Vehicles, other than railway |
4,721.320 |
7,909.911 |
8,662.144 |
| Plastics |
4,847.823 |
7,006.922 |
7,599.734 |
| Organic chemicals |
3,187.239 |
4,792.162 |
5,806.652 |
| Articles of iron or steel |
4,001.729 |
5,389.501 |
5,791.573 |
| Optical and medical instruments |
3,107.551 |
4,252.351 |
4,740.066 |
GDP at market prices
Date modified: 2012-03-08
Source: Euromonitor*, Statistics Canada**, Global Trade Atlas***
