Korea, Rep. Trade Summary

2009 Data

Korea, Rep. exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Korea, Rep.

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 363,531
No. Of products: 4,224
No. Of partners: 224
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 323,082
No. Of products: 4,532
No. Of partners: 220

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Tankers23,976,439.54
Optical devices, app ...23,113,939.40
Monolithic integrate ...23,018,565.41
Petroleum oils, etc, ...22,145,423.60
Transmission apparat ...18,145,801.44
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils and o ...50,757,395.96
Monolithic integrate ...15,597,387.02
Natural gas, liquefi ...13,874,984.99
Petroleum oils, etc, ...12,431,283.75
Bituminous coal, not ...8,996,945.68

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China86,703 23.85
United States37,803 10.40
Japan21,771 5.99
Hong Kong, China19,661 5.41
Singapore13,617 3.75
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China54,246 16.79
Japan49,427 15.30
United States29,160 9.03
Saudi Arabia19,737 6.11
Australia14,756 4.57

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials2,846 0.78 86,713 26.84 16.75
Intermediate goods83,511 22.97 71,980 22.28 4.62
Consumer goods73,895 20.33 65,450 20.26 6.22
Capital goods203,234 55.91 98,896 30.61 3.37

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.10
Index of export market penetration: 20.81
World Growth: -12.19
Country Growth: -8.77

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 6
Maximum Rate (%): 887.40
Simple Average (%): 9.97
Weighted Average (%): 7.80
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 98,697,076.68
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 20.34

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 943,942
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 22,040.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): 4.24
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): 39,996.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 16.36
Trade (% of GDP): 86.13