Rep. of Korea Exports 2023
Complete list of Rep. of Korea's 137 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$644.79B
Total exports (2023)
#6
Global export rank
137
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Rep. of Korea exported $644.79 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #6 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 137 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 71.1% of total export value. The leading export was memories, valued at $57.06 billion — 8.8% of the country's export portfolio.
The two tables below list every destination 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 export destinations
137 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $161.63B | 25.07% |
| 2 | USA | $117.91B | 18.29% |
| 3 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $28.84B | 4.47% |
| 4 | Japan | $28.45B | 4.41% |
| 5 | Other Asia, nes | $28.24B | 4.38% |
| 6 | Singapore | $25.25B | 3.92% |
| 7 | India | $19.60B | 3.04% |
| 8 | Australia | $18.10B | 2.81% |
| 9 | Mexico | $16.48B | 2.56% |
| 10 | Germany | $13.91B | 2.16% |
| 11 | Malaysia | $12.06B | 1.87% |
| 12 | Indonesia | $10.52B | 1.63% |
| 13 | Canada | $10.17B | 1.58% |
| 14 | Poland | $10.02B | 1.55% |
| 15 | Türkiye | $9.48B | 1.47% |
| 16 | France | $9.29B | 1.44% |
| 17 | Philippines | $8.88B | 1.38% |
| 18 | Thailand | $8.67B | 1.34% |
| 19 | Hungary | $8.05B | 1.25% |
| 20 | United Kingdom | $7.92B | 1.23% |
| 21 | Slovakia | $6.45B | 1.00% |
| 22 | Italy | $6.23B | 0.97% |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | $5.62B | 0.87% |
| 24 | Netherlands | $5.26B | 0.82% |
| 25 | Brazil | $5.05B | 0.78% |
| 26 | Czechia | $4.73B | 0.73% |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | $4.63B | 0.72% |
| 28 | Spain | $4.02B | 0.62% |
| 29 | New Zealand | $3.71B | 0.57% |
| 30 | Belgium | $3.19B | 0.50% |
| 31 | Switzerland | $2.84B | 0.44% |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | $2.39B | 0.37% |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | $2.21B | 0.34% |
| 34 | Israel | $2.06B | 0.32% |
| 35 | Nigeria | $1.70B | 0.26% |
| 36 | Ireland | $1.54B | 0.24% |
| 37 | Egypt | $1.53B | 0.24% |
| 38 | Sweden | $1.52B | 0.24% |
| 39 | Chile | $1.49B | 0.23% |
| 40 | Austria | $1.24B | 0.19% |
| 41 | South Africa | $971.58M | 0.15% |
| 42 | Portugal | $939.10M | 0.15% |
| 43 | Denmark | $930.95M | 0.14% |
| 44 | Colombia | $856.83M | 0.13% |
| 45 | Ecuador | $847.45M | 0.13% |
| 46 | Peru | $837.26M | 0.13% |
| 47 | Finland | $826.15M | 0.13% |
| 48 | Pakistan | $815.28M | 0.13% |
| 49 | Qatar | $767.93M | 0.12% |
| 50 | Norway | $728.74M | 0.11% |
| 51 | Argentina | $668.35M | 0.10% |
| 52 | Angola | $664.80M | 0.10% |
| 53 | Morocco | $662.88M | 0.10% |
| 54 | Ukraine | $660.48M | 0.10% |
| 55 | Romania | $621.14M | 0.10% |
| 56 | Gabon | $560.37M | 0.09% |
| 57 | Myanmar | $553.43M | 0.09% |
| 58 | Jordan | $552.16M | 0.09% |
| 59 | Kyrgyzstan | $550.73M | 0.09% |
| 60 | Slovenia | $509.06M | 0.08% |
| 61 | Kuwait | $484.25M | 0.08% |
| 62 | Greece | $476.90M | 0.07% |
| 63 | Cambodia | $470.09M | 0.07% |
| 64 | Guatemala | $467.39M | 0.07% |
| 65 | Azerbaijan | $427.86M | 0.07% |
| 66 | Oman | $384.02M | 0.06% |
| 67 | Serbia | $348.26M | 0.05% |
| 68 | Dominican Rep. | $338.00M | 0.05% |
| 69 | El Salvador | $301.58M | 0.05% |
| 70 | Costa Rica | $285.02M | 0.04% |
| 71 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $262.69M | 0.04% |
| 72 | Panama | $257.64M | 0.04% |
| 73 | Ghana | $233.80M | 0.04% |
| 74 | Malta | $229.71M | 0.04% |
| 75 | Côte d'Ivoire | $221.98M | 0.03% |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | $210.11M | 0.03% |
| 77 | Kenya | $201.33M | 0.03% |
| 78 | Bulgaria | $200.15M | 0.03% |
| 79 | Tunisia | $193.96M | 0.03% |
| 80 | Paraguay | $184.54M | 0.03% |
| 81 | Ethiopia | $178.15M | 0.03% |
| 82 | China, Macao SAR | $171.54M | 0.03% |
| 83 | Estonia | $168.81M | 0.03% |
| 84 | Bahrain | $159.71M | 0.02% |
| 85 | Nicaragua | $158.03M | 0.02% |
| 86 | Armenia | $145.96M | 0.02% |
| 87 | Honduras | $135.75M | 0.02% |
| 88 | Luxembourg | $127.32M | 0.02% |
| 89 | Albania | $125.45M | 0.02% |
| 90 | Lebanon | $119.66M | 0.02% |
| 91 | Lithuania | $117.19M | 0.02% |
| 92 | Georgia | $115.68M | 0.02% |
| 93 | Uruguay | $93.69M | 0.01% |
| 94 | Iceland | $84.83M | 0.01% |
| 95 | Senegal | $83.87M | 0.01% |
| 96 | Croatia | $70.47M | 0.01% |
| 97 | Uganda | $68.18M | 0.01% |
| 98 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | $68.05M | 0.01% |
| 99 | North Macedonia | $66.52M | 0.01% |
| 100 | Burkina Faso | $66.16M | 0.01% |
| 101 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $64.25M | 0.01% |
| 102 | Cyprus | $63.09M | 0.01% |
| 103 | Mauritius | $63.06M | 0.01% |
| 104 | Rep. of Moldova | $62.71M | 0.01% |
| 105 | Brunei Darussalam | $61.25M | 0.01% |
| 106 | Latvia | $57.58M | 0.01% |
| 107 | Jamaica | $48.12M | 0.01% |
| 108 | Mozambique | $45.91M | 0.01% |
| 109 | Guyana | $44.67M | 0.01% |
| 110 | Madagascar | $44.29M | 0.01% |
| 111 | Zambia | $42.41M | 0.01% |
| 112 | Togo | $40.06M | 0.01% |
| 113 | Fiji | $39.76M | 0.01% |
| 114 | Malawi | $28.41M | 0.00% |
| 115 | Cabo Verde | $26.33M | 0.00% |
| 116 | Maldives | $22.59M | 0.00% |
| 117 | Montenegro | $22.54M | 0.00% |
| 118 | Namibia | $22.08M | 0.00% |
| 119 | Belize | $15.25M | 0.00% |
| 120 | Niger | $13.05M | 0.00% |
| 121 | Zimbabwe | $11.84M | 0.00% |
| 122 | Seychelles | $10.50M | 0.00% |
| 123 | Samoa | $8.32M | 0.00% |
| 124 | Benin | $8.10M | 0.00% |
| 125 | French Polynesia | $8.10M | 0.00% |
| 126 | Bahamas | $6.40M | 0.00% |
| 127 | Barbados | $5.21M | 0.00% |
| 128 | Botswana | $4.75M | 0.00% |
| 129 | Andorra | $4.45M | 0.00% |
| 130 | Eswatini | $4.04M | 0.00% |
| 131 | Mauritania | $3.38M | 0.00% |
| 132 | Lesotho | $1.90M | 0.00% |
| 133 | Central African Rep. | $1.51M | 0.00% |
| 134 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $1.31M | 0.00% |
| 135 | Dominica | $689,515 | 0.00% |
| 136 | Gambia | $605,379 | 0.00% |
| 137 | Sao Tome and Principe | $440,972 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 854232 | Electronic integrated circuits: memories | $57.06B | 8.85% |
| 2 | 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 | $48.94B | 7.59% |
| 3 | 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $41.75B | 6.47% |
| 4 | 854239 | Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $27.24B | 4.22% |
| 5 | 870323 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc | $17.44B | 2.70% |
| 6 | 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $13.71B | 2.13% |
| 7 | 847330 | Machinery: parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) of the machines of heading no. 8471 | $13.04B | 2.02% |
| 8 | 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $9.75B | 1.51% |
| 9 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $9.46B | 1.47% |
| 10 | 852990 | Reception and transmission apparatus: for use with the apparatus of heading no. 8525 to 8528, excluding aerials and aerial reflectors | $8.75B | 1.36% |
| 11 | 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $7.95B | 1.23% |
| 12 | 870324 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 3000cc | $7.76B | 1.20% |
| 13 | 870340 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $7.48B | 1.16% |
| 14 | 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) | $7.00B | 1.09% |
| 15 | 854233 | Electronic integrated circuits: amplifiers | $6.00B | 0.93% |
| 16 | 300215 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $5.39B | 0.84% |
| 17 | 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $5.27B | 0.82% |
| 18 | 852351 | Semiconductor media: solid-state non-volatile storage devices, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 | $5.15B | 0.80% |
| 19 | 300214 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, mixed, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $5.14B | 0.80% |
| 20 | 290243 | Cyclic hydrocarbons: p-xylene | $5.01B | 0.78% |
| 21 | 284290 | Salts: of inorganic acids or peroxoacids, other than double or complex silicates, including aluminosilicates, whether or not chemically, excluding azides | $4.50B | 0.70% |
| 22 | 847170 | Units of automatic data processing machines: storage units | $4.10B | 0.64% |
| 23 | 847989 | Machines and mechanical appliances: having individual functions, n.e.c. or included in this chapter | $4.06B | 0.63% |
| 24 | 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $3.87B | 0.60% |
| 25 | 870840 | Vehicle parts: gear boxes and parts thereof | $3.74B | 0.58% |
| 26 | 284190 | Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids: n.e.c. in heading no. 2841 | $3.65B | 0.57% |
| 27 | 870829 | Vehicles: parts and accessories, of bodies, other than safety seat belts | $3.58B | 0.56% |
| 28 | 853400 | Circuits: printed | $3.46B | 0.54% |
| 29 | 870332 | Vehicles: with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 2500cc | $3.36B | 0.52% |
| 30 | 851770 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $3.24B | 0.50% |
| 31 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $3.00B | 0.47% |
| 32 | 850790 | Electric accumulators: parts n.e.c. in heading no. 8507 | $2.91B | 0.45% |
| 33 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $2.79B | 0.43% |
| 34 | 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | $2.74B | 0.42% |
| 35 | 290220 | Cyclic hydrocarbons: benzene | $2.71B | 0.42% |
| 36 | 870321 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity not over 1000cc | $2.66B | 0.41% |
| 37 | 401110 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | $2.63B | 0.41% |
| 38 | 848620 | Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits | $2.52B | 0.39% |
| 39 | 848690 | Machines and apparatus of heading 8486: parts and accessories | $2.39B | 0.37% |
| 40 | 841810 | Refrigerators and freezers: combined refrigerator-freezers, fitted with separate external doors, electric or other | $2.38B | 0.37% |
| 41 | 854290 | Parts of electronic integrated circuits | $2.32B | 0.36% |
| 42 | 890120 | Tankers | $2.23B | 0.35% |
| 43 | 870360 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $2.15B | 0.33% |
| 44 | 720851 | Iron or non-alloy steel: (not in coils), flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, without patterns in relief, of a thickness exceeding 10mm | $2.06B | 0.32% |
| 45 | 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) | $2.05B | 0.32% |
| 46 | 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers: polypropylene in primary forms | $1.92B | 0.30% |
| 47 | 390330 | Styrene polymers: acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymers, in primary forms | $1.90B | 0.30% |
| 48 | 853710 | Boards, panels, consoles, desks and other bases: for electric control or the distribution of electricity, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517), for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $1.86B | 0.29% |
| 49 | 870850 | Vehicle parts: drive-axles with differential, whether or not provided with other transmission components, and non-driving axles: parts thereof | $1.83B | 0.28% |
| 50 | 390120 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | $1.78B | 0.28% |
| 51 | 853690 | Electrical apparatus: n.e.c. in heading no. 8536, for switching or protecting electrical circuits, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $1.75B | 0.27% |
| 52 | 760612 | Aluminium: plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, rectangular (including square) | $1.67B | 0.26% |
| 53 | 840991 | Engines: parts, suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines (for other than aircraft) | $1.66B | 0.26% |
| 54 | 850710 | Electric accumulators: lead-acid, of a kind used for starting piston engines, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $1.62B | 0.25% |
| 55 | 740311 | Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $1.60B | 0.25% |
| 56 | 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $1.57B | 0.24% |
| 57 | 710691 | Metals: silver, unwrought, (but not powder) | $1.55B | 0.24% |
| 58 | 853224 | Electrical capacitors: fixed, ceramic dielectric, multilayer | $1.52B | 0.24% |
| 59 | 390690 | Acrylic polymers: (other than polymethyl methacrylate), in primary forms | $1.51B | 0.23% |
| 60 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39 | $1.49B | 0.23% |
| 61 | 390130 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers | $1.49B | 0.23% |
| 62 | 390740 | Polycarbonates: in primary forms | $1.46B | 0.23% |
| 63 | 290122 | Acyclic hydrocarbons: unsaturated, propene (propylene) | $1.45B | 0.22% |
| 64 | 291736 | Acids: aromatic polycarboxylic acids: terephthalic acid and its salts | $1.43B | 0.22% |
| 65 | 720917 | Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, of a thickness of 0.5mm or more but not exceeding 1mm | $1.42B | 0.22% |
| 66 | 390230 | Propylene, other olefin polymers: propylene copolymers in primary forms | $1.41B | 0.22% |
| 67 | 840734 | Engines: reciprocating piston engines, of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1000cc | $1.39B | 0.21% |
| 68 | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | $1.37B | 0.21% |
| 69 | 848180 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves | $1.28B | 0.20% |
| 70 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $1.25B | 0.19% |
| 71 | 841430 | Compressors: of a kind used in refrigerating equipment | $1.25B | 0.19% |
| 72 | 790111 | Zinc: unwrought, (not alloyed), containing by weight 99.99% or more of zinc | $1.23B | 0.19% |
| 73 | 390140 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | $1.21B | 0.19% |
| 74 | 700319 | Glass: cast glass and rolled glass, non-wired sheets, (excluding those coloured throughout the mass (body tinted) opacified, flashed or having an absorbent or reflecting layer) | $1.17B | 0.18% |
| 75 | 391990 | Plastics: plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip, other flat shapes thereof, self-adhesive, other than in rolls of a width not exceeding 20cm | $1.15B | 0.18% |
| 76 | 392062 | Plastics: plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive), of poly(ethylene terephthalate), non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials | $1.14B | 0.18% |
| 77 | 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $1.13B | 0.18% |
| 78 | 854370 | Electrical machines and apparatus: having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 8543 | $1.11B | 0.17% |
| 79 | 381800 | Chemical elements: doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms: chemical compounds doped for use in electronics | $1.09B | 0.17% |
| 80 | 720916 | Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, of a thickness exceeding 1mm but less than 3mm | $1.08B | 0.17% |
| 81 | 840999 | Engines: parts for internal combustion piston engines (excluding spark-ignition) | $1.07B | 0.17% |
| 82 | 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors | $1.06B | 0.16% |
| 83 | 851220 | Lighting or visual signalling equipment: electrical, of a kind used on motor vehicles (excluding articles of heading no. 8539) | $1.05B | 0.16% |
| 84 | 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $1.04B | 0.16% |
| 85 | 870880 | Vehicle parts: suspension systems and parts thereof (including shock-absorbers) | $1.03B | 0.16% |
| 86 | 842720 | Fork-lift and other works trucks: fitted with lifting or handling equipment, self-propelled by other than electric motor | $1.02B | 0.16% |
| 87 | 270730 | Oils and products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar: xylol (xylenes) | $1.01B | 0.16% |
| 88 | 732690 | Iron or steel: articles n.e.c. in heading 7326 | $997.15M | 0.15% |
| 89 | 290121 | Acyclic hydrocarbons: unsaturated, ethylene | $994.53M | 0.15% |
| 90 | 842139 | Machinery: for filtering or purifying gases, other than intake air filters for internal combustion engines | $987.43M | 0.15% |
| 91 | 271320 | Petroleum bitumen: obtained from bituminous minerals | $981.26M | 0.15% |
| 92 | 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | $965.06M | 0.15% |
| 93 | 870421 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $962.15M | 0.15% |
| 94 | 900120 | Optical elements: polarising material, sheets and plates thereof | $961.00M | 0.15% |
| 95 | 720270 | Ferro-alloys: ferro-molybdenum | $938.81M | 0.15% |
| 96 | 720839 | Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm | $927.67M | 0.14% |
| 97 | 852580 | Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders | $923.96M | 0.14% |
| 98 | 870894 | Vehicle parts: steering wheels, steering columns and steering boxes: parts thereof | $916.98M | 0.14% |
| 99 | 890520 | Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms | $903.18M | 0.14% |
| 100 | 190230 | Food preparations: pasta (excluding stuffed), cooked or otherwise prepared | $902.70M | 0.14% |