Thai exports jump most in four years on AI-led electronics boomA drone view of the Bangkok Port along the Chao Phraya River. Thai exports jumped 24.4% in January from a year earlier, while imports soared 29.4%, Commerce Ministry data showed on Monday. Both figures far exceeded even the most optimistic estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists and marked the fastest growth since late 2021. “We are running a high trade surplus against the US, so they could come up with any measures later.”Thailand’s trade deficit with China was $7.2 billion in January, while the Southeast Asian nation had a $4.8 billion trade surplus with the US. Mr Anutin has pledged to boost the growth that has lagged that of other major Southeast Asian economies.

Source: Bangkok Post February 23, 2026 07:21 UTC