Cassava production volume Thailand 2016-2024

In 2023, the production volume of cassava in Thailand amounted to around 30.61 million metric tons. The production of this crop was forecast to slightly reduce to around 26.88 million metric tons in 2024. Cassava is an important economic agricultural product grown in 48 of the 76 provinces in Thailand. 

Cassava – a versatile cash crop

The number of dried cassava product processing factories in Thailand amounted to almost one thousand in 2023. In such factories, cassava is used for producing a variety of items, like cassava chips, pellets, and other cassava goods. The cassava chips or pellets are then used to produce textiles, medicine, and chemicals in downstream industries. Another product is ethanol as a biofuel, with Up Ventures Co., Ltd. being the leading producer of ethanol made from cassava chips in Thailand in 2023. Additionally, it is utilized as human food or turned into animal feed. 

The world leader in cassava exports

Thailand is the leading cassava export country in the world, exporting the majority of the cassava it produces each year to other Asian countries. In 2023, Thailand exported almost 10 million metric tons of cassava chips and native starch. The major importing countries of Thai cassava are China, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia, and South Korea. More than half of all exported products are cassava chips, with native starch from cassava being another typically exported good.