The trade figures Norway-Thailand for the full year 2025 were released by SSB on 15 January 2026. 2026 was a record year.
Seafood exports to Thailand were up by 16% in value (but 36% in fresh salmonids volume) as compared to the same period last year, while fertilisers are down by 9%. Aibel’s exports are up by 59% with two major shipments for Hornsea 3 arriving in Norway in June and December. These shipments are very important for Thailand’s export.
Looking at tourism to Norway, the number of Thai room nights in Norway have improved a lot. April was so far the best month ever with almost 10,400 room nights (against 5,000 in 2024), but in October we beat that figure by 300 to 10,600 room nights. My prediction is that we will hit 70,000 room nights for the full year, which is 37% above last year. Northern Norway is the region that continues to show the biggest increase with 54% over 2024 and 15% above the month of October 2024, but in November 2025 we saw a drop (-29%) compared to last year for the first time this year. The reason could be that the hotels are simply fully booked.
We have listed the main commodities in the trade flow
Thailand
- Seafood exports from Norway are up 16% as compared to same period in 2024
- Fertiliser exports from Norway are down 9% as compared to same period in 2024
- Exports of metal structures, i.e. oil rigs from Thailand are up 59% as compared to same period in 2024. The metal structures are completely dependent on Aibel’s export of oil rigs and offshore transformer stations from Thailand.
Export from Norway for 2025 is split like this:
- Seafood 62% NOK 3,535 million
- Fertilisers 16% NOK 1,022 million
- Other goods 23% NOK 1,214 million
- Total export NOK 5,764 million
- Total import NOK 8,,334 million including metal structures of NOK 3,067 million (June/December)
