Ten Major Export Markets in Asia—Thailand
(% share to total exports1)1Export share is the percentage of exports going to a partner to total exports of a country/region. A higher share indicates a higher degree of integration between partner country/region.
Source: Asia Regional Integration Center based on Direction of Trade Statistics, International Monetary Fund.
Top Five Exports—Thailand
(% share to total exports1)1Export share is the percentage of exports going to a partner to total exports of a country/region. A higher share indicates a higher degree of integration between partner country/region. Commodity codes are based on HS 1996.
Source: Asia Regional Integration Center based on Commodity Trade Statistics Database, United Nations.
Free Trade Agreements (FTA) by Status, 20121
1As of January 2012.
Source: Asia Regional Integration Center.
Trade Openness1—Thailand
(total trade as % of GDP)1Trade Openness is measured by total trade of a country expressed as a percentage of nominal GDP in US dollars. A higher value indicates a more open economy.
Source: Asia Regional Integration Center based on Direction of Trade Statistics and World Economic Outlook, International Monetary Fund.
Foreign Direct Investment Openness1—Thailand
(total FDI as % of GDP)1FDI openness is measured by the inward FDI stock of a country expressed as a percentage of nominal GDP in US dollars. A higher value indicates a more open economy.
Source: Asia Regional Integration Center based on UNCTAD FDI Online.
Integration With Selected Markets in Asia—Thailand
(Correlation Coefficient1, 2011)AUS=Australia; PRC=People's Republic of China; HKG=Hong Kong, China; IND=India; INO=Indonesia; JPN=Japan; KOR=Republic of Korea; MAL=Malaysia; NZL=New Zealand; PAK=Pakistan; PHI=Philippines; SIN=Singapore; TAP=Taipei,China; THA=Thailand; VIE=Viet Nam.
Note: Bond market rates are yields for domestic 10-year sovereign bonds. Lending market rates are prime rates or equivalent short-term corporate lending rates. Money market rates are three-month interbank offer rates or equivalent money market rates. Stock market returns are computed as year-on-year percent change of daily stock price indices.
1Higher correlation indicates a higher degree of integration in the markets.
Source: Asia Regional Integration Center based on data from Bloomberg.