What is the U.S. trade balance with Laos?

The U.S. trade balance with Laos is -$6.99B (a deficit — the U.S. imports more than it exports).

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Q: What does the U.S. import from Laos?

The top U.S. imports from Laos are Electric Machinery etc.; Sound Equipment; TV Equipment; Parts, Photovoltaic Cells Assembled In Modules Or Made Up Into Panels, Optic, Photo etc., Medic Or Surgical Instrments etc.. The full product breakdown is on this page.

The United States imports $7.15B from Laos and exports $161.0M to it as of Aug 2026, a trade balance of -$6.99B. Top U.S. imports from Laos: Electric Machinery etc.; Sound Equipment; TV Equipment; Parts, Photovoltaic Cells Assembled In Modules Or Made Up Into Panels, Optic, Photo etc., Medic Or Surgical Instrments etc..

$7.15BU.S. imports from

$161.0MU.S. exports to

-$6.99BU.S. trade balance

272Product categories

Monthly U.S. imports from LAOS

$269.2M

Sep
25

$152.2M

Oct
25

$159.5M

Nov
25

$137.0M

Dec
25

$107.4M

Jan
26

$121.5M

Feb
26

$75.6M

Mar
26

$37.3M

Apr
26

$59.1M

May
26

$60.3M

Jun
26

$60.8M

Jul
26

$169.9M

Aug
26

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Top products imported from LAOS

#	Product	Value
1	HS 85 Electric Machinery etc.; Sound Equipment; TV Equipment; Parts	$2.24B
2	HS 854143 Photovoltaic Cells Assembled In Modules Or Made Up Into Panels	$1.28B
3	HS 90 Optic, Photo etc., Medic Or Surgical Instrments etc.	$703.6M
4	HS 854142 Photovoltaic Cells Not Assembled In Modules Or Made Up Into Panels	$685.3M
5	HS 900150 Spectacle Lenses Of Other Materials	$329.8M
6	HS 900490 Other	$175.1M
7	HS 64 Footwear, Gaiters etc. And Parts Thereof	$152.6M
8	HS 94 Furnit; bedding,mattres; luminaires,light Fix; prefab	$151.4M

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Top products exported to LAOS

#	Product	Value
1	HS 88 Aircraft, Spacecraft, And Parts Thereof	$42.1M
2	HS 47 Wood Pulp etc.; Recovd (waste & Scrap) Ppr & Pprbd	$23.5M
3	HS 71 Nat etc. Pearls, Prec etc. Stones, Pr Met etc.; Coin	$13.5M
4	HS 30 Pharmaceutical Products	$11.9M
5	HS 23 Food Industry Residues & Waste; Prep Animal Feed	$9.7M
6	HS 84 Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery etc.; Parts	$9.1M
7	HS 87 Vehicles, Except Railway Or Tramway, And Parts etc.	$8.6M
8	HS 90 Optic, Photo etc., Medic Or Surgical Instrments etc.	$6.1M