Korea | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2008 - 2019

Exports structure from Korea in 2019 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 28% (153 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 13% (70 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 11.5% (62 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 7.77% (42 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 6.01% (32 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 4.26% (23 billion US$): 72 - Iron and steel
• 3.87% (20 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
• 3.87% (20 billion US$): 29 - Organic chemicals
• 3.48% (18.8 billion US$): 89 - Ships, boats and floating structures
• 1.69% (9.17 billion US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel

What did Korea export in 2019?

Korea's Top Exports in 2019:

• 14.5% ($79 billion): 8542 - Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies
• 7.46% ($40 billion): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
• 7.24% ($39 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 3.5% ($18.9 billion): 8708 - Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05
• 3.29% ($17.8 billion): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
• 3.15% ($17.1 billion): 8901 - Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods
• 2.1% ($11.3 billion): 8473 - Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) suitable for use solely or principally with machines of headings 84.69 to 84.72
• 1.87% ($10.1 billion): 8529 - Transmission apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8524 to 8528
• 1.66% ($9.02 billion): 2902 - Cyclic hydrocarbons
• 1.44% ($7.85 billion): 8486 - Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor boules or wafers, semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits or flat panel displays; machines & apparatus specified in note 11 (C) to this Chapter

Imports structure to Korea in 2019 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 25% (127 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 17.8% (89 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 10.2% (51 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 3.67% (18.4 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
• 3.31% (16.6 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 3.11% (15.6 billion US$): 72 - Iron and steel
• 2.99% (15 billion US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash
• 2.52% (12.6 billion US$): 29 - Organic chemicals
• 2.28% (11.5 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 1.62% (8.16 billion US$): 38 - Miscellaneous chemical products

What did Korea import in 2019?

Korea's Top Imports in 2019:

• 13.9% ($70 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
• 7.09% ($35 billion): 8542 - Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies
• 4.8% ($24 billion): 2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
• 3.41% ($17.2 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 2.8% ($14 billion): 2701 - Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal
• 2.55% ($12.8 billion): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
• 2.2% ($11.1 billion): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
• 1.79% ($9.03 billion): 8486 - Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor boules or wafers, semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits or flat panel displays; machines & apparatus specified in note 11 (C) to this Chapter
• 1.38% ($6.95 billion): 2601 - Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites
• 1.33% ($6.7 billion): 8471 - Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included