| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tracked flow records | 505 | Raw count of trade-flow records in the database naming Lao People's Democratic Republic as an origin or destination — a record count, never a summed dollar total. |
| Port coverage | 0of 0 | Ports catalogued for Lao People's Democratic Republic with verified cargo statistics tracked on PortIndex. |
How concentrated Lao People's Democratic Republic's trade is across its top partner countries, computed from currently-tracked trade flows (not the historical 1997–2015 World Bank dataset). Measures country-to-country concentration only — Lao People's Democratic Republic's trade_flows records don't carry product-level detail to break this down further.
+ 169 more tracked partners not shown above.
Every one of Lao People's Democratic Republic's 91 real trading partners reported for 2023 under UN Comtrade (LA) — a complete, deduplicated partner breakdown for this exact country/source/period combination, not a global top-N slice.
Firm-level entry/exit/survival dynamics for Lao People's Democratic Republic's exporting firms, whole economy (not broken down by product) so every figure below is a genuine national rate — never an average across incompatible product categories. See /exporter-dynamics to compare Lao People's Democratic Republic against all 68 covered countries.
| Metric | Latest value | Year | Trend (2006–2010) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of exporting firms | 645 | 2010 | |
| Incumbent exporting firms | 381 | 2010 | |
| New entrant exporting firms | 264 | 2010 | |
| Exiting exporting firms | 223 | 2010 | |
| Firm entry rate | 40.9% | 2010 | |
| Firm exit rate | 36.9% | 2010 | |
| Exporter concentration (EDD HHI, 0–1 scale) | 0.233 | 2010 | |
| Product categories exported (distinct HS4 codes) | 372 | 2010 | |
| Avg. export value per exporting firm | $1.7M | 2010 | |
| Median export value per exporting firm | $38.1K | 2010 | |
| Avg. destination countries per exporting firm | 1.7 | 2011 | |
| Median destination countries per exporting firm | 1.0 | 2011 |
The 2010 mean is 46x the median — a small number of large exporting firms account for most of the export value; the typical firm exports far less than the average figure suggests.
Top product categories among Lao People's Democratic Republic's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2010 — each row is a real, separately-reported HS2 product category, never combined with another.
| Product category (HS2) | Exporting firms |
|---|---|
| Wood and articles of wood HS 44 | 210 |
| Cereals HS 10 | 90 |
| Furniture, bedding, lamps HS 94 | 63 |
| Other made-up textile articles HS 63 | 48 |
| Apparel, not knitted or crocheted HS 62 | 42 |
| Edible fruit and nuts HS 08 | 36 |
| Apparel, knitted or crocheted HS 61 | 36 |
| Oil seeds, grains, fruits HS 12 | 34 |
Top manufacturing industries among Lao People's Democratic Republic's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2010 — each row is a real, separately-reported ISIC industry, never combined with another.
| Manufacturing industry (ISIC) | Exporting firms |
|---|---|
| Sawmilling and planing of wood ISIC 201 | 154 |
| Furniture ISIC 361 | 60 |
| Wearing apparel, except fur ISIC 181 | 52 |
| Wood, cork, straw and plaiting products ISIC 202 | 48 |
| Basic chemicals ISIC 241 | 33 |
| Spinning, weaving and finishing of textiles ISIC 171 | 29 |
| Knitted and crocheted fabrics and articles ISIC 173 | 24 |
| Plastics products ISIC 252 | 19 |