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Korea, Rep. Trade

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Korea, Rep.

Overall Exports and Imports for Korea, Rep. 2023

  • The total value of exports (FOB) is US$ 631,804 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) is US$ 642,550 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,268 products are exported to 225 countries and 4,453 products are imported from 228 countries.

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level 2023

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Korea, Rep. along with trade value are:

  • Korea, Rep. exported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth 85,809,142.00 (US$ Thousands).
  • Korea, Rep. exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 50,890,325.18 (US$ Thousands).
  • Korea, Rep. exported Automobiles nes including gas turbine powered , worth 24,208,179.45 (US$ Thousands).
  • Korea, Rep. exported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 21,184,017.00 (US$ Thousands).
  • Korea, Rep. exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 19,280,805.08 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Korea, Rep. along with trade value are

  • Korea, Rep. imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 86,158,418.65 (US$ Thousands).
  • Korea, Rep. imported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth 51,738,321.03 (US$ Thousands).
  • Korea, Rep. imported Natural gas, liquefied , worth 36,048,868.66 (US$ Thousands).
  • Korea, Rep. imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 22,926,029.09 (US$ Thousands).
  • Korea, Rep. imported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 18,892,800.92 (US$ Thousands).

Korea, Rep. top 5 Export and Import partners 2023

The top five countries to which Korea, Rep. exported 2023 along with the partner share in percentage are:

  1. Korea, Rep. exports to China worth US$ 124,656 million, with a partner share of 19.73 percent.
  2. Korea, Rep. exports to United States worth US$ 116,290 million, with a partner share of 18.41 percent.
  3. Korea, Rep. exports to Vietnam worth US$ 53,474 million, with a partner share of 8.46 percent.
  4. Korea, Rep. exports to Japan worth US$ 28,997 million, with a partner share of 4.59 percent.
  5. Korea, Rep. exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 25,193 million, with a partner share of 3.99 percent.

The top five countries to which Korea, Rep. imported goods 2023 along with the share in percentage are

  1. Korea, Rep. imports from China worth US$ 142,854 million, with a partner share of 22.23 percent.
  2. Korea, Rep. imports from United States worth US$ 71,732 million, with a partner share of 11.16 percent.
  3. Korea, Rep. imports from Japan worth US$ 47,647 million, with a partner share of 7.42 percent.
  4. Korea, Rep. imports from Australia worth US$ 32,823 million, with a partner share of 5.11 percent.
  5. Korea, Rep. imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 32,763 million, with a partner share of 5.10 percent.

Korea, Rep. Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2023

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2023 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import.


Tariff and Trade Barriers

Tariffs 2023

Tariffs imposed by Korea, Rep. in 2023 are below.

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product is 887.40.
  • The simple average tariff across all products is 5.80.
  • The trade weighted average tariff is 5.82.
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars are 347,544,875 and duty free tariff line items share is 68.44.

Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index (OTRI) 2009

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  • Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index - Applied Tariff for the year 2009 is 0.09.
  • Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index - MFN Tariff for the year 2009 is 0.09.

Non-Tariff Measures (NTM)

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  • No Of NTM Measures is 3.
  • No Of NTM Affected Products (HS 6 Digit) is 30.

Temporary Trade Barriers Database (TTDB) 2013.

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  • Temporary Trade Barriers in Effect - Simple Average for the year 2013 is 0.52.
  • Temporary Trade Barriers in Effect - Weighted Average for the year 2013 is 0.40.

Korea, Rep. World Development Indicators (WDI) 2023

Key Development Indicators of Korea, Rep. in 2023 are below

WDI

Korea, Rep. Doing Business 2019

  • The ease of doing business rank for Korea, Rep. is 5.
  • The trade across border rank is 36.
Doing Business

Korea, Rep. Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA),

  • The CPIA Trade Ratings for is not available.
CPIA

Korea, Rep.Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2016

  • The LPI score for Korea, Rep. in 2016 is 3.72.
  • The LPI rank is 24.
LPI

Korea, Rep. Services Service Policy Restrictive Database (SPRD)

  • Services Trade Restrictions Index (Over All) for Korea, Rep. is 23.10.
SPRD