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Data: UN Comtrade, 2023 · snapshot 2026-07-19
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ATLAS · TRADE FLOWS · BHUTAN

What Bhutan Trades

In 2023, Bhutan sold about $436M of goods to the rest of the world and bought about $1.3B in return. Its biggest customer was India ($338M, 78% of exports); its biggest supplier, India ($1.0B). The map above draws each partner as an arc sized by value; the full lists are below. Bilateral goods trade from UN Comtrade, exports FOB and imports CIF.

GOODS EXPORTED$436M
GOODS IMPORTED$1.3B
TOP PARTNERIndia

Where Bhutan sends its goods

Bhutan’s biggest export markets — the countries it sells the most goods to, by value (FOB).

1India77.6%$338M
2Bangladesh14.0%$61M
3Italy4.2%$18M
4Nepal2.0%$9M
5China0.8%$4M
6Spain0.3%$1M
7Netherlands0.3%$1M
8France0.1%$532,291
9Japan0.1%$481,901
10Viet Nam0.1%$349,111
11United Arab Emirates0.1%$321,445
12United States0.1%$264,953
13Poland0.1%$252,879
14Singapore0.1%$239,213
15Slovenia0.0%$138,648
16Cambodia0.0%$138,120
17Thailand0.0%$136,157
18Germany0.0%$110,342
19Saudi Arabia0.0%$87,950
20United Kingdom0.0%$67,848
21Australia0.0%$45,557
22Mongolia0.0%$34,409
23Switzerland0.0%$33,325
24Belgium0.0%$22,953
25Nicaragua0.0%$19,597

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total exports.

Where Bhutan buys its goods

Bhutan’s biggest suppliers — the countries it buys the most goods from, by value (CIF, including shipping).

1India79.9%$1.0B
2China6.5%$83M
3Singapore5.2%$67M
4Thailand1.7%$21M
6Bangladesh0.7%$10M
7Sweden0.5%$6M
8Nepal0.4%$6M
9Germany0.4%$5M
10South Africa0.3%$4M
11Malaysia0.3%$4M
13Indonesia0.2%$3M
14Australia0.2%$3M
15Italy0.2%$3M
16Korea, Rep.0.2%$2M
17Japan0.2%$2M
18Switzerland0.2%$2M
19United States0.2%$2M
20Austria0.2%$2M
22Netherlands0.1%$2M
23Norway0.1%$2M
24New Zealand0.1%$1M
25Israel0.1%$679,882

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total imports.

Trade flows of other countries

China · United States · Germany · Japan · Netherlands · Italy · France · Korea, Rep.