Thailand\u2019s exports to the United States surged 41.8% in the first quarter of 2026, as US importers accelerated orders following a court ruling that voided retaliatory tariffs imposed under President Donald Trump\u2019s policy.<\/p>\n
The Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO) reported that Thailand\u2019s exports in March 2026 were valued at US$35.157 billion, the highest level on record, expanding 18.7% and marking the 21st consecutive month of growth.<\/p>\n
Excluding oil-related products, gold and military-related goods, exports grew 19.3%.<\/p>\n
Imports in March were valued at US$38.496 billion, up 35.7%, resulting in a trade deficit of US$3.339 billion.<\/p>\n
For the first three months of 2026, Thailand\u2019s overall exports expanded 17.6%. Excluding oil-related products, gold and military-related goods, exports rose 17.0%.<\/p>\n
Most major export markets continued to perform well in March, led by the United States, where shipments jumped 41.9%. For the first quarter of 2026, exports to the US expanded 41.8%, accounting for 23.3% of Thailand\u2019s total exports.<\/p>\n
March also marked the 30th consecutive month of growth for Thai exports to the US.<\/p>\n
Key products driving the expansion included computers, equipment and components; fax machines, telephones, equipment and components; and aircraft, spacecraft and parts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thailand\u2019s exports to the United States surged 41.8% in the first quarter of 2026, as US importers accelerated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[390,84,1294,189397,189396,156,8727,56,54,55,53462],"class_list":{"0":"post-550432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-economy","11":"tag-export-growth","12":"tag-export-in-march","13":"tag-tariffs","14":"tag-thai-exporters","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom","18":"tag-us-markets"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}