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Korea, Rep. Trade

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Korea, Rep.

Overall Exports and Imports for Korea, Rep. 2020

  • The total value of exports (FOB) is US$ 512,710 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) is US$ 467,498 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,294 products are exported to 225 countries and 4,465 products are imported from 230 countries.

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level 2020

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 US$ 82,630,429.85 million.
  • Korea, Rep. exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 23,169,236.41 million.
  • Korea, Rep. exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 15,352,521.98 million.
  • Korea, Rep. exported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth US$ 13,919,820.51 million.
  • Korea, Rep. exported Parts of electrical apparatus for line telephon , worth US$ 12,840,862.56 million.

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 US$ 44,461,676.00 million.
  • Korea, Rep. imported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth US$ 40,313,202.32 million.
  • Korea, Rep. imported Natural gas, liquefied , worth US$ 15,718,259.61 million.
  • Korea, Rep. imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 12,738,218.72 million.
  • Korea, Rep. imported Apparatus and equipment for photographic (incl , worth US$ 10,352,372.41 million.

Korea, Rep. top 5 Export and Import partners 2020

The top five countries to which Korea, Rep. exported 2020 along with the partner share in percentage are:

  1. Korea, Rep. exports to China worth US$ 132,555 million, with a partner share of 25.85 percent.
  2. Korea, Rep. exports to United States worth US$ 74,396 million, with a partner share of 14.51 percent.
  3. Korea, Rep. exports to Vietnam worth US$ 48,543 million, with a partner share of 9.47 percent.
  4. Korea, Rep. exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 30,630 million, with a partner share of 5.97 percent.
  5. Korea, Rep. exports to Japan worth US$ 25,092 million, with a partner share of 4.89 percent.

The top five countries to which Korea, Rep. imported goods 2020 along with the share in percentage are

  1. Korea, Rep. imports from China worth US$ 108,870 million, with a partner share of 23.29 percent.
  2. Korea, Rep. imports from United States worth US$ 57,765 million, with a partner share of 12.36 percent.
  3. Korea, Rep. imports from Japan worth US$ 46,025 million, with a partner share of 9.84 percent.
  4. Korea, Rep. imports from Germany worth US$ 20,667 million, with a partner share of 4.42 percent.
  5. Korea, Rep. imports from Vietnam worth US$ 20,579 million, with a partner share of 4.40 percent.

Korea, Rep. Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2020

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2020 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import.


Tariff and Trade Barriers

Tariffs 2020

Tariffs imposed by Korea, Rep. in 2020 are below.

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product is 887.40.
  • The simple average tariff across all products is 5.29.
  • The trade weighted average tariff is 5.48.
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars are 253,958,875.21 and duty free tariff line items share is 69.63.

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) 2020

Key Development Indicators of Korea, Rep. in 2020 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