Mutual Trade Relations between the CR and the ASEAN Countries The ASEAN countries rank among the Czech Republic´s important trade partners. In 2018, the CR´s trade turnover with the ASEAN states increased dynamically, with Czech imports (CZK 122.6 billion) at the end of the year, amounting to nearly five times the sum of its exports (CZK 25.4 billion). The 2018 turnover reached CZK 148 billion. This imbalance is of a long-term character. Traditionally, the largest partners of the Czech Republic have been Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and in the past also Burma/Myanmar.
14 C z e c h R e p u b l i c – Yo u r Tr a d e Pa r t n e r
Trade Exchange between the Czech Republic and the ASEAN Countries in 2018 Country Brunei
Exports
Imports
Turnover
Balance
12 826
139
12 965
12 688
2 4732 869
9 691 270
12 164 139
-7 218 401
Indonesia
2 941 013
7 435 383
10 376 396
-4 494 370
Cambodia
116 536
5 160 685
5 277 221
-5 044 149
Laos
633 313
114 184
747 497
519 129
4 545 480
35 368 882
39 914 362
-30 823 402
Myanmar
108 546
1 773 592
1 882 138
-1 665 046
Singapore
7 513 856
11 607 746
19 121 602
-4 093 890
Thailand
3 925 643
29 106 486
33 032 129
-25 180 843
Vietnam
3 081 946
22 382 874
25 464 820
-19 300 928
25 352 028
122 641 241
147 993 269
-97 289 213
Philippines
Malaysia
ASEAN
Data in thousand CZK published by the Czech Statistical Office
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In terms of the commodity structure, the prevailing items in the area of Czech exports are comprised in the Machinery and Transport Equipment group (electrical and electronic equipment and parts thereof, automobiles, pumps, data processing equipment, machinery for the leather and textile industries), mainly to Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia; the Industrial Goods group (measuring, checking and analysing instruments), to Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Products Classified Mainly by Material group (paper, cardboard, rubber tyres and inner tubes, pearls and semi-precious stones, glassware), to Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia. From the Chemicals and Related Products group (chemical – miscellaneous, tubes, pipes, plastic hoses), exports go to Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Myanmar. In imports, the prevailing items are from the Machinery and Transport Equipment group (electrical and electronic equipment and parts thereof, telecommunication equipment and
equipment for automatic data processing, office machines, cooling and heating equipment and parts thereof, parts and accessories of motor vehicles, batteries, bulbs, electrical machines and parts thereof), from Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Singapore. From the Industrial Consumer Goods group (footwear, office supplies, perambulators, toys, games, sports equipment, jewels, suitcases, bags, clothes, clothing accessories, measuring and checking instruments, optical devices, furniture, musical in-
