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Bhutan
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Continent: Asia, Region: Asia
Population as of 2020: 770,006 160 of 193
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Nominal G.D.P. in 2024: $3.10 billion 165 of 193
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Total merchandise exports in 2024: $746.80 million. 124 of 193
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These are calendar-year 2024 goods exports reported by Bhutan, excluding services. All amounts are nominal 2024 U.S. dollars, valued free on board (FOB), with no inflation adjustment.
Bhutan official national destination categories; Hong Kong and Taiwan remain separate. Foreign territories are not merged with parent states.
U.S. dollar values converted using the 2024 average exchange rate.
Top Exports
Top 20 export categories, 2024
Ranked by export value.
| Rank | Item | Dollar amount | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electrical energy | $228.55 million | Mineral fuels and oils |
| 2 | Ferro-alloys | $222.07 million | Iron and steel |
| 3 | Dolomite, whether or not calcined or sintered, including dolomite roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | $47.47 million | Salt, sulphur, stone, lime and cement |
| 4 | Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone, other monumental and building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed, cut, by sawing etc, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | $41.33 million | Salt, sulphur, stone, lime and cement |
| 5 | Unused valid stamps, banknotes, cheque forms, securities certificates and similar documents | $31.87 million | Books, printed matter and manuscripts |
| 6 | Pebbles, gravel, crushed stone, macadam and stone granules, chippings and powders | $23.97 million | Salt, sulphur, stone, lime and cement |
| 7 | Cement, including cement clinker | $22.52 million | Salt, sulphur, stone, lime and cement |
| 8 | Gypsum, anhydrite and plasters | $18.57 million | Salt, sulphur, stone, lime and cement |
| 9 | Nutmeg, mace and cardamoms | $15.08 million | Coffee, tea and spices |
| 10 | Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel | $12.22 million | Iron and steel |
| 11 | Beer made from malt | $10.84 million | Beverages, spirits and vinegar |
| 12 | Carbides, whether or not chemically defined | $9.99 million | Inorganic chemicals and compounds of precious and rare-earth metals |
| 13 | Citrus fruit, fresh or dried | $9.14 million | Fruit and nuts |
| 14 | Spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; undenatured ethyl alcohol below 80% alcohol | $6.81 million | Beverages, spirits and vinegar |
| 15 | Potatoes, fresh or chilled | $6.45 million | Vegetables, roots and tubers |
| 16 | Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | $5.34 million | Salt, sulphur, stone, lime and cement |
| 17 | Sawn or chipped wood, over 6 mm thick | $3.94 million | Wood, wood articles and charcoal |
| 18 | Fruit, nut and vegetable juices, unfermented and without added alcohol | $3.94 million | Prepared vegetables, fruit and nuts |
| 19 | Ethyl alcohol, undenatured; of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or higher; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength | $2.94 million | Beverages, spirits and vinegar |
| 20 | Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (e.g. waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances | $1.98 million | Wood, wood articles and charcoal |
Top 10 importers of Bhutan's exports, 2024
Ranked by Bhutan's reported merchandise exports to each named destination economy. Separately reported territories may appear. These are recorded export destinations; goods may subsequently be re-exported.
| Rank | Country | Dollar amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | $602.77 million |
| 2 | Bangladesh | $75.88 million |
| 3 | Singapore | $32.35 million |
| 4 | South Korea | $14.44 million |
| 5 | Nepal | $8.09 million |
| 6 | United States | $4.40 million |
| 7 | Italy | $3.04 million |
| 8 | Netherlands | $1.75 million |
| 9 | Thailand | $1.00 million |
| 10 | Spain | $615.91 thousand |
