however within this group of other countries the growth in thailand s exports to the european union india and the united states has been robust exports of thai electrical machinery to other countries as a collective has been fairly subdued at a time when exports to china are contracting yet there appears to be budding momentum in export growth of these goods to japan and the philippines similar to thailand s exports of vegetables the adjustment speed of exports to other countries is slower than the adjustment of exports to china nonetheless at the countrylevel data show a marked uptick in exports to italy and lao pdr and to a certain extent to australia and the united states growth in viet nam s exports of computers and electronics to other partners as a group has gained momentum since late helping to offset the weakness in exports to china albeit the average growth from september to may is still weaker than the average growth in the prior eight months key markets providing the boost include italy russia and panama