Dem. People's Rep. of Korea Imports 2023
Complete list of Dem. People's Rep. of Korea's 37 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$2.07B
Total imports (2023)
#162
Global import rank
37
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea imported $2.07 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #162 largest importer. Goods came from 37 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 99.9% of total import value. The leading import was wool or other animal hair or other textile materials, prepared for use in making wigs or the like, valued at $160.03 million — 7.7% of total imports.
The two tables below list every source country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.
All import sources
37 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.
| # | Source | 2023 import value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $2.00B | 96.63% |
| 2 | Togo | $24.70M | 1.19% |
| 3 | Peru | $18.55M | 0.89% |
| 4 | Gabon | $17.75M | 0.86% |
| 5 | India | $1.88M | 0.09% |
| 6 | Nigeria | $1.33M | 0.06% |
| 7 | Uganda | $1.29M | 0.06% |
| 8 | Honduras | $979,876 | 0.05% |
| 9 | Netherlands | $743,420 | 0.04% |
| 10 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $677,215 | 0.03% |
| 11 | Poland | $422,272 | 0.02% |
| 12 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $232,157 | 0.01% |
| 13 | USA | $182,691 | 0.01% |
| 14 | Greece | $177,687 | 0.01% |
| 15 | Indonesia | $156,396 | 0.01% |
| 16 | Spain | $138,801 | 0.01% |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | $128,550 | 0.01% |
| 18 | Denmark | $109,872 | 0.01% |
| 19 | Brazil | $98,191 | 0.00% |
| 20 | Senegal | $50,636 | 0.00% |
| 21 | Italy | $45,511 | 0.00% |
| 22 | Liberia | $38,544 | 0.00% |
| 23 | Belgium | $34,384 | 0.00% |
| 24 | Uruguay | $33,844 | 0.00% |
| 25 | Nicaragua | $28,259 | 0.00% |
| 26 | United Kingdom | $19,469 | 0.00% |
| 27 | Cyprus | $15,358 | 0.00% |
| 28 | Gambia | $8,035 | 0.00% |
| 29 | South Africa | $4,127 | 0.00% |
| 30 | Canada | $4,030 | 0.00% |
| 31 | Niger | $3,353 | 0.00% |
| 32 | Fiji | $3,199 | 0.00% |
| 33 | Ecuador | $2,124 | 0.00% |
| 34 | Thailand | $1,376 | 0.00% |
| 35 | Ethiopia | $1,024 | 0.00% |
| 36 | Costa Rica | $811 | 0.00% |
| 37 | Brunei Darussalam | $1 | 0.00% |
Top import products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 import value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 670300 | Human hair, dressed, thinned, bleached or otherwise worked: wool or other animal hair or other textile materials, prepared for use in making wigs or the like | $160.03M | 7.72% |
| 2 | 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $76.81M | 3.71% |
| 3 | 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $69.33M | 3.34% |
| 4 | 150790 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $66.72M | 3.22% |
| 5 | 240319 | Tobacco: smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | $51.50M | 2.48% |
| 6 | 310530 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | $49.17M | 2.37% |
| 7 | 391810 | Floor, wall or ceiling coverings: of polymers of vinyl chloride, whether or not self-adhesive, in rolls or in the form of tiles | $46.32M | 2.23% |
| 8 | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $42.18M | 2.03% |
| 9 | 600632 | Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, dyed | $35.18M | 1.70% |
| 10 | 540769 | Fabrics, woven: containing less than 85% by weight of non-textured polyester filaments | $34.52M | 1.67% |
| 11 | 310540 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | $31.48M | 1.52% |
| 12 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $31.36M | 1.51% |
| 13 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $29.53M | 1.42% |
| 14 | 251010 | Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk: unground | $24.70M | 1.19% |
| 15 | 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $24.05M | 1.16% |
| 16 | 690721 | Ceramic tiles: flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40, of a water absorption coefficient by weight not over 0.5% | $23.51M | 1.13% |
| 17 | 150710 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | $23.31M | 1.12% |
| 18 | 040221 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $22.82M | 1.10% |
| 19 | 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $21.42M | 1.03% |
| 20 | 292242 | Amino-acids, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function, and their esters: glutamic acid and its esters: salts thereof | $18.58M | 0.90% |
| 21 | 540752 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, dyed | $18.55M | 0.89% |
| 22 | 600622 | Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of cotton, dyed | $18.09M | 0.87% |
| 23 | 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $17.49M | 0.84% |
| 24 | 392010 | Plastics: plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive), of polymers of ethylene, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials | $15.71M | 0.76% |
| 25 | 940350 | Furniture: wooden, for bedroom use | $15.44M | 0.74% |
| 26 | 611595 | Hosiery and footwear: without applied soles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excluding graduated compression hosiery, panty hose, tights, full or knee-length hosiery measuring per single yarn less than 67 decitex) | $14.47M | 0.70% |
| 27 | 271320 | Petroleum bitumen: obtained from bituminous minerals | $14.42M | 0.70% |
| 28 | 260800 | Zinc ores and concentrates | $14.09M | 0.68% |
| 29 | 391620 | Vinyl chloride polymers: monofilament, of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked | $13.06M | 0.63% |
| 30 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $12.79M | 0.62% |
| 31 | 630533 | Sacks and bags: of a kind used for the packing of goods, of man-made textile materials, of polyethylene or polypropylene strip or the like, not flexible intermediate bulk containers | $12.08M | 0.58% |
| 32 | 550320 | Fibres: synthetic staple fibres, of polyesters, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning | $11.99M | 0.58% |
| 33 | 300450 | Medicaments: containing vitamins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic use, packaged for retail sale | $11.78M | 0.57% |
| 34 | 283620 | Carbonates: disodium carbonate | $11.73M | 0.57% |
| 35 | 640399 | Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6403, (not covering the ankle), outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, uppers of leather | $11.48M | 0.55% |
| 36 | 300420 | Medicaments: containing antibiotics (other than penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $10.62M | 0.51% |
| 37 | 080521 | Fruit, edible: mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), fresh or dried | $10.54M | 0.51% |
| 38 | 481920 | Paper and paperboard: folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard | $10.50M | 0.51% |
| 39 | 690722 | Ceramic tiles: flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40, of a water absorption coefficient by weight over 0.5% but not over 10% | $10.15M | 0.49% |
| 40 | 550210 | Fibres: artificial filament tow of cellulose acetate | $10.06M | 0.49% |
| 41 | 392590 | Plastics: builders' ware, n.e.c. or included in heading no. 3925 | $9.97M | 0.48% |
| 42 | 390120 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | $9.61M | 0.46% |
| 43 | 271000 | 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 | $9.53M | 0.46% |
| 44 | 330499 | Cosmetic and toilet preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3304, for the care of the skin (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations) | $9.30M | 0.45% |
| 45 | 640299 | Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | $9.24M | 0.45% |
| 46 | 400121 | Rubber: natural (excluding latex), in smoked sheets | $9.12M | 0.44% |
| 47 | 940510 | Chandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall light fittings: excluding those used for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares | $8.97M | 0.43% |
| 48 | 481420 | Wallpaper and similar wall coverings: coated or covered on the face side, with a grained, embossed, coloured, design-printed or otherwise decorated layer of plastics | $8.89M | 0.43% |
| 49 | 340220 | Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale | $8.81M | 0.43% |
| 50 | 670420 | Wigs, false beards, eyebrows and eyelashes, switches and the like and other articles n.e.c.: of human hair | $8.54M | 0.41% |
| 51 | 441233 | Plywood: with sheets of wood only: not bamboo: each ply 6mm or less, with at least one outer ply of alder, ash, beech, birch, cherry, chestnut, elm, eucalyptus, hickory, horse chestnut, lime, maple, oak, plane, poplar, aspen, robinia, tulipwood or walnut | $8.44M | 0.41% |
| 52 | 611030 | Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles: of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted | $8.39M | 0.40% |
| 53 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39 | $8.31M | 0.40% |
| 54 | 940540 | Lamps and light fittings: electric, n.e.c. in heading no. 9405 | $8.08M | 0.39% |
| 55 | 390110 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | $7.75M | 0.37% |
| 56 | 340120 | Soap: in forms n.e.c. in item no. 3401.11 | $7.73M | 0.37% |
| 57 | 650500 | Hats and other headgear: knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed: hair-nets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed | $7.62M | 0.37% |
| 58 | 600192 | Fabrics: pile fabrics (excluding long pile and loop pile), of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted | $7.61M | 0.37% |
| 59 | 540742 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of filaments of nylon or other polyamides, dyed | $7.14M | 0.34% |
| 60 | 540761 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of non-textured polyester filaments | $7.14M | 0.34% |
| 61 | 401150 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on bicycles | $7.12M | 0.34% |
| 62 | 920110 | Musical instruments: pianos, upright, including automatic pianos | $7.05M | 0.34% |
| 63 | 391721 | Plastics: tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, rigid, of polymers of ethylene | $7.02M | 0.34% |
| 64 | 690723 | Ceramic tiles: flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40, of a water absorption coefficient by weight over 10% | $6.87M | 0.33% |
| 65 | 210112 | Preparations with a basis of extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee | $6.84M | 0.33% |
| 66 | 481019 | Paper and paperboard: coated with kaolin or other inorganic substances, for printing/writing/graphics, having 10% or less by weight of total fibres got by mechanical/chemi-mechanical process, sides exceeding 435mm and 297mm, unfolded, sheets | $6.80M | 0.33% |
| 67 | 330590 | Hair preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3305 | $6.61M | 0.32% |
| 68 | 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers: polypropylene in primary forms | $6.52M | 0.31% |
| 69 | 621210 | Brassieres: whether or not knitted or crocheted | $6.34M | 0.31% |
| 70 | 392020 | Plastics: of polymers of propylene, plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive), non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials | $6.30M | 0.30% |
| 71 | 590320 | Textile fabrics: impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with polyurethane | $6.13M | 0.30% |
| 72 | 401110 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | $6.06M | 0.29% |
| 73 | 940360 | Furniture: wooden, other than for office, kitchen or bedroom use | $6.04M | 0.29% |
| 74 | 330510 | Hair preparations: shampoos | $5.70M | 0.28% |
| 75 | 030367 | Fish: frozen, Alaska pollack (Theraga chalcogramma), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $5.58M | 0.27% |
| 76 | 600410 | Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, other than those of heading 60.01, containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn but not containing rubber thread | $5.54M | 0.27% |
| 77 | 090421 | Spices: fruits of the genus Capsicum or Pimenta, dried, neither crushed nor ground | $5.31M | 0.26% |
| 78 | 560811 | Twine, cordage or rope: fishing nets, made up, of man made textile materials | $5.11M | 0.25% |
| 79 | 160100 | Meat preparations: sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood, and food preparations based on these products | $5.09M | 0.25% |
| 80 | 240120 | Tobacco: partly or wholly stemmed or stripped | $4.86M | 0.23% |
| 81 | 940490 | Bedding and similar furnishing articles: n.e.c. in heading no. 9404 (e.g. quilts, eiderdowns, cushions, pouffes and pillows) | $4.84M | 0.23% |
| 82 | 551511 | Fabrics, woven: of polyester staple fibres n.e.c. in chapter 55, mixed mainly or solely with viscose rayon staple fibres | $4.81M | 0.23% |
| 83 | 940161 | Seats: with wooden frames, upholstered, (excluding medical, surgical, dental, veterinary or barber furniture) | $4.74M | 0.23% |
| 84 | 392410 | Plastics: tableware and kitchenware | $4.65M | 0.22% |
| 85 | 040210 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content not exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $4.64M | 0.22% |
| 86 | 392330 | Plastics: carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles, for the conveyance or packing of goods | $4.63M | 0.22% |
| 87 | 940370 | Furniture: plastic | $4.50M | 0.22% |
| 88 | 261390 | Molybdenum ores and concentrates: other than roasted | $4.46M | 0.22% |
| 89 | 620293 | Anoraks (including ski-jackets), wind-cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles: women's or girls', of man-made fibres, other than those of heading no. 6204 (not knitted or crocheted) | $4.36M | 0.21% |
| 90 | 560122 | Wadding: other articles thereof, of man-made fibres | $4.35M | 0.21% |
| 91 | 441114 | Medium density fibreboard (MDF), of a thickness exceeding 9 mm | $4.11M | 0.20% |
| 92 | 390761 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate): in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher | $4.03M | 0.19% |
| 93 | 300410 | Medicaments: containing penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $3.96M | 0.19% |
| 94 | 441112 | Medium density fibreboard (MDF), of a thickness not exceeding 5 mm | $3.95M | 0.19% |
| 95 | 220830 | Whiskies | $3.93M | 0.19% |
| 96 | 190230 | Food preparations: pasta (excluding stuffed), cooked or otherwise prepared | $3.82M | 0.18% |
| 97 | 911410 | Clock or watch parts: springs, including hairsprings | $3.79M | 0.18% |
| 98 | 220299 | Non-alcoholic beverages: other than non-alcoholic beer, n.e.c. in item no. 2202.10, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading no. 2009 | $3.67M | 0.18% |
| 99 | 291732 | Acids: aromatic polycarboxylic acids: dioctyl orthophthalates | $3.62M | 0.17% |
| 100 | 420330 | Clothing accessories: belts and bandoliers, of leather or of composition leather | $3.57M | 0.17% |