Rep. of Korea Imports 2023
Complete list of Rep. of Korea's 129 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$481.05B
Total imports (2023)
#13
Global import rank
129
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Rep. of Korea imported $481.05 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #13 largest importer. Goods came from 129 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 76.2% of total import value. The leading import was petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude, valued at $20.61 billion — 4.3% 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
129 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.
| # | Source | 2023 import value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $147.09B | 30.58% |
| 2 | USA | $61.33B | 12.75% |
| 3 | Japan | $42.71B | 8.88% |
| 4 | Germany | $21.83B | 4.54% |
| 5 | Australia | $20.90B | 4.34% |
| 6 | Singapore | $20.12B | 4.18% |
| 7 | Other Asia, nes | $18.04B | 3.75% |
| 8 | Malaysia | $12.20B | 2.54% |
| 9 | Qatar | $12.06B | 2.51% |
| 10 | Indonesia | $10.30B | 2.14% |
| 11 | Netherlands | $10.22B | 2.13% |
| 12 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $9.50B | 1.97% |
| 13 | Italy | $7.15B | 1.49% |
| 14 | France | $6.38B | 1.33% |
| 15 | India | $6.28B | 1.31% |
| 16 | Thailand | $6.07B | 1.26% |
| 17 | United Kingdom | $6.03B | 1.25% |
| 18 | Chile | $6.02B | 1.25% |
| 19 | Brazil | $5.64B | 1.17% |
| 20 | Canada | $5.10B | 1.06% |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | $3.81B | 0.79% |
| 22 | Switzerland | $3.57B | 0.74% |
| 23 | Philippines | $3.48B | 0.72% |
| 24 | Peru | $2.34B | 0.49% |
| 25 | South Africa | $2.05B | 0.43% |
| 26 | Belgium | $2.00B | 0.42% |
| 27 | Spain | $1.92B | 0.40% |
| 28 | Sweden | $1.91B | 0.40% |
| 29 | Austria | $1.48B | 0.31% |
| 30 | Mexico | $1.45B | 0.30% |
| 31 | New Zealand | $1.37B | 0.28% |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | $1.30B | 0.27% |
| 33 | Norway | $1.18B | 0.25% |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | $1.17B | 0.24% |
| 35 | Israel | $1.05B | 0.22% |
| 36 | Türkiye | $1.01B | 0.21% |
| 37 | Argentina | $917.52M | 0.19% |
| 38 | Poland | $914.43M | 0.19% |
| 39 | Ireland | $908.82M | 0.19% |
| 40 | Denmark | $890.84M | 0.19% |
| 41 | Colombia | $824.75M | 0.17% |
| 42 | Finland | $775.87M | 0.16% |
| 43 | Nigeria | $717.46M | 0.15% |
| 44 | Greece | $646.78M | 0.13% |
| 45 | Hungary | $628.55M | 0.13% |
| 46 | Romania | $580.17M | 0.12% |
| 47 | Czechia | $550.45M | 0.11% |
| 48 | Mozambique | $466.58M | 0.10% |
| 49 | Myanmar | $404.39M | 0.08% |
| 50 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | $403.66M | 0.08% |
| 51 | Egypt | $381.16M | 0.08% |
| 52 | Slovakia | $362.70M | 0.08% |
| 53 | Oman | $324.77M | 0.07% |
| 54 | Serbia | $324.48M | 0.07% |
| 55 | Brunei Darussalam | $301.28M | 0.06% |
| 56 | Cambodia | $281.01M | 0.06% |
| 57 | Madagascar | $270.65M | 0.06% |
| 58 | Bulgaria | $241.12M | 0.05% |
| 59 | Bahrain | $239.12M | 0.05% |
| 60 | Dominican Rep. | $236.22M | 0.05% |
| 61 | Panama | $233.06M | 0.05% |
| 62 | Portugal | $191.76M | 0.04% |
| 63 | Pakistan | $184.92M | 0.04% |
| 64 | Ethiopia | $116.13M | 0.02% |
| 65 | Paraguay | $111.53M | 0.02% |
| 66 | Ukraine | $98.90M | 0.02% |
| 67 | Lithuania | $87.47M | 0.02% |
| 68 | Ecuador | $80.18M | 0.02% |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | $76.92M | 0.02% |
| 70 | Latvia | $76.33M | 0.02% |
| 71 | Lebanon | $68.40M | 0.01% |
| 72 | Guatemala | $66.51M | 0.01% |
| 73 | Slovenia | $65.26M | 0.01% |
| 74 | Gabon | $63.05M | 0.01% |
| 75 | Costa Rica | $62.58M | 0.01% |
| 76 | Luxembourg | $60.97M | 0.01% |
| 77 | Honduras | $53.02M | 0.01% |
| 78 | Estonia | $52.52M | 0.01% |
| 79 | Senegal | $51.63M | 0.01% |
| 80 | Armenia | $42.86M | 0.01% |
| 81 | Morocco | $42.77M | 0.01% |
| 82 | El Salvador | $42.06M | 0.01% |
| 83 | Cyprus | $41.64M | 0.01% |
| 84 | Jordan | $39.79M | 0.01% |
| 85 | Kenya | $35.73M | 0.01% |
| 86 | Nicaragua | $35.16M | 0.01% |
| 87 | Malta | $34.09M | 0.01% |
| 88 | Ghana | $32.28M | 0.01% |
| 89 | Tunisia | $27.29M | 0.01% |
| 90 | Uzbekistan | $26.12M | 0.01% |
| 91 | Malawi | $20.62M | 0.00% |
| 92 | Mauritania | $20.30M | 0.00% |
| 93 | Iceland | $19.57M | 0.00% |
| 94 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $19.47M | 0.00% |
| 95 | Zimbabwe | $17.90M | 0.00% |
| 96 | Croatia | $14.39M | 0.00% |
| 97 | Kuwait | $14.13M | 0.00% |
| 98 | Uruguay | $13.36M | 0.00% |
| 99 | Zambia | $8.27M | 0.00% |
| 100 | Uganda | $7.18M | 0.00% |
| 101 | North Macedonia | $6.23M | 0.00% |
| 102 | Georgia | $5.00M | 0.00% |
| 103 | Mauritius | $3.80M | 0.00% |
| 104 | Kyrgyzstan | $3.39M | 0.00% |
| 105 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $2.12M | 0.00% |
| 106 | Fiji | $2.04M | 0.00% |
| 107 | Benin | $1.15M | 0.00% |
| 108 | Namibia | $935,334 | 0.00% |
| 109 | Rep. of Moldova | $765,302 | 0.00% |
| 110 | Togo | $703,428 | 0.00% |
| 111 | Montenegro | $635,804 | 0.00% |
| 112 | Albania | $596,356 | 0.00% |
| 113 | Côte d'Ivoire | $566,811 | 0.00% |
| 114 | Gambia | $563,298 | 0.00% |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | $526,334 | 0.00% |
| 116 | Cabo Verde | $426,961 | 0.00% |
| 117 | Jamaica | $394,697 | 0.00% |
| 118 | Maldives | $392,587 | 0.00% |
| 119 | Samoa | $243,649 | 0.00% |
| 120 | China, Macao SAR | $201,398 | 0.00% |
| 121 | Seychelles | $117,089 | 0.00% |
| 122 | Lesotho | $87,448 | 0.00% |
| 123 | Andorra | $81,281 | 0.00% |
| 124 | Belize | $30,499 | 0.00% |
| 125 | Bahamas | $19,275 | 0.00% |
| 126 | Guyana | $17,306 | 0.00% |
| 127 | Eswatini | $9,615 | 0.00% |
| 128 | Botswana | $6,480 | 0.00% |
| 129 | Angola | $559 | 0.00% |
Top import products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 import value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $20.61B | 4.29% |
| 2 | 854239 | Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $20.27B | 4.21% |
| 3 | 854232 | Electronic integrated circuits: memories | $17.07B | 3.55% |
| 4 | 271112 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propane | $12.84B | 2.67% |
| 5 | 848620 | Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits | $12.65B | 2.63% |
| 6 | 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 | $11.63B | 2.42% |
| 7 | 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $11.31B | 2.35% |
| 8 | 270112 | Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | $10.33B | 2.15% |
| 9 | 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $8.97B | 1.86% |
| 10 | 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $8.12B | 1.69% |
| 11 | 260111 | Iron ores and concentrates: non-agglomerated | $6.13B | 1.27% |
| 12 | 870323 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc | $5.88B | 1.22% |
| 13 | 282520 | Lithium oxide and hydroxide | $5.58B | 1.16% |
| 14 | 260300 | Copper ores and concentrates | $4.95B | 1.03% |
| 15 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $4.41B | 0.92% |
| 16 | 848690 | Machines and apparatus of heading 8486: parts and accessories | $4.20B | 0.87% |
| 17 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $3.96B | 0.82% |
| 18 | 285390 | Phosphides, chemically defined or not, not ferrophosphorus: other inorganic compounds n.e.c. (including distilled, conductivity water and water of like purity): liquid air, rare gases removed or not: compressed air: amalgams, not precious metal amalgams | $2.76B | 0.57% |
| 19 | 270119 | Coal: (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated | $2.64B | 0.55% |
| 20 | 760110 | Aluminium: unwrought, (not alloyed) | $2.50B | 0.52% |
| 21 | 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $2.48B | 0.52% |
| 22 | 284290 | Salts: of inorganic acids or peroxoacids, other than double or complex silicates, including aluminosilicates, whether or not chemically, excluding azides | $2.45B | 0.51% |
| 23 | 847330 | Machinery: parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) of the machines of heading no. 8471 | $2.41B | 0.50% |
| 24 | 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 | $2.28B | 0.47% |
| 25 | 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $2.24B | 0.46% |
| 26 | 880240 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $2.22B | 0.46% |
| 27 | 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $2.17B | 0.45% |
| 28 | 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 | $2.15B | 0.45% |
| 29 | 381800 | Chemical elements: doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms: chemical compounds doped for use in electronics | $2.12B | 0.44% |
| 30 | 853400 | Circuits: printed | $2.12B | 0.44% |
| 31 | 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) | $2.05B | 0.43% |
| 32 | 740311 | Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $1.97B | 0.41% |
| 33 | 680293 | Granite: articles thereof, (other than simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface) | $1.93B | 0.40% |
| 34 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $1.85B | 0.38% |
| 35 | 847130 | Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $1.72B | 0.36% |
| 36 | 847150 | Units of automatic data processing machines: processing units other than those of item no. 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units | $1.71B | 0.36% |
| 37 | 903141 | Optical instruments and appliances: for inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices, n.e.c. in chapter 90 | $1.69B | 0.35% |
| 38 | 870324 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 3000cc | $1.66B | 0.35% |
| 39 | 854430 | Insulated electric conductors: ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships | $1.65B | 0.34% |
| 40 | 852990 | Reception and transmission apparatus: for use with the apparatus of heading no. 8525 to 8528, excluding aerials and aerial reflectors | $1.63B | 0.34% |
| 41 | 848180 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves | $1.60B | 0.33% |
| 42 | 020329 | Meat: of swine, n.e.c. in item no. 0203.2, frozen | $1.60B | 0.33% |
| 43 | 841112 | Turbo-jets: of a thrust exceeding 25kN | $1.58B | 0.33% |
| 44 | 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 | $1.55B | 0.32% |
| 45 | 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $1.53B | 0.32% |
| 46 | 020230 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | $1.53B | 0.32% |
| 47 | 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 | $1.51B | 0.31% |
| 48 | 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 | $1.45B | 0.30% |
| 49 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $1.44B | 0.30% |
| 50 | 283691 | Carbonates: lithium carbonate | $1.44B | 0.30% |
| 51 | 740400 | Copper: waste and scrap | $1.42B | 0.30% |
| 52 | 848640 | Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture or repair of masks and reticles, assembling semiconductor devices or electronic integrated circuits, or for lifting, handling, loading or unloading items of heading 8486 | $1.41B | 0.29% |
| 53 | 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) | $1.41B | 0.29% |
| 54 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $1.38B | 0.29% |
| 55 | 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | $1.27B | 0.26% |
| 56 | 020130 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled | $1.21B | 0.25% |
| 57 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39 | $1.21B | 0.25% |
| 58 | 260800 | Zinc ores and concentrates | $1.21B | 0.25% |
| 59 | 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $1.16B | 0.24% |
| 60 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $1.14B | 0.24% |
| 61 | 420221 | Cases and containers: handbags (whether or not with shoulder strap and including those without handle), with outer surface of leather or of composition leather | $1.11B | 0.23% |
| 62 | 282540 | Nickel oxides and hydroxides | $1.11B | 0.23% |
| 63 | 847170 | Units of automatic data processing machines: storage units | $1.10B | 0.23% |
| 64 | 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $1.08B | 0.23% |
| 65 | 847989 | Machines and mechanical appliances: having individual functions, n.e.c. or included in this chapter | $1.05B | 0.22% |
| 66 | 760612 | Aluminium: plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, rectangular (including square) | $1.04B | 0.22% |
| 67 | 851770 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $1.04B | 0.22% |
| 68 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $1.02B | 0.21% |
| 69 | 853224 | Electrical capacitors: fixed, ceramic dielectric, multilayer | $1.02B | 0.21% |
| 70 | 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 | $994.28M | 0.21% |
| 71 | 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.c. in heading no. 7204 | $980.63M | 0.20% |
| 72 | 870840 | Vehicle parts: gear boxes and parts thereof | $978.25M | 0.20% |
| 73 | 732690 | Iron or steel: articles n.e.c. in heading 7326 | $978.00M | 0.20% |
| 74 | 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | $949.60M | 0.20% |
| 75 | 260112 | Iron ores and concentrates: agglomerated (excluding roasted iron pyrites) | $938.12M | 0.20% |
| 76 | 854129 | Electrical apparatus: transistors, (other than photosensitive), with a dissipation rate of 1W or more | $935.87M | 0.19% |
| 77 | 854370 | Electrical machines and apparatus: having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 8543 | $926.57M | 0.19% |
| 78 | 611030 | Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles: of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted | $925.61M | 0.19% |
| 79 | 260700 | Lead ores and concentrates | $853.06M | 0.18% |
| 80 | 284420 | Uranium: enriched in U235, plutonium, their compounds, alloys dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U235, plutonium or compounds of these products | $851.70M | 0.18% |
| 81 | 382200 | Reagents: diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing and prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading no. 3002 or 3006: certified reference material | $820.27M | 0.17% |
| 82 | 940161 | Seats: with wooden frames, upholstered, (excluding medical, surgical, dental, veterinary or barber furniture) | $816.51M | 0.17% |
| 83 | 420222 | Cases and containers: handbags (whether or not with shoulder strap and including those without handle), with outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials | $794.66M | 0.17% |
| 84 | 903090 | Instruments, apparatus for measuring, checking electrical quantities, not meters of heading no. 9028: parts and accessories, for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, x-ray, cosmic and other radiations | $778.95M | 0.16% |
| 85 | 750210 | Nickel: unwrought, not alloyed | $776.12M | 0.16% |
| 86 | 903082 | Instruments and apparatus: for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices | $770.16M | 0.16% |
| 87 | 900219 | Lenses: objective, (other than for cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers), mounted, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked) | $753.75M | 0.16% |
| 88 | 870829 | Vehicles: parts and accessories, of bodies, other than safety seat belts | $738.39M | 0.15% |
| 89 | 760120 | Aluminium: unwrought, alloys | $727.04M | 0.15% |
| 90 | 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $710.25M | 0.15% |
| 91 | 401110 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | $708.62M | 0.15% |
| 92 | 120190 | Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $706.44M | 0.15% |
| 93 | 220710 | Undenatured ethyl alcohol: of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or higher | $702.65M | 0.15% |
| 94 | 290250 | Cyclic hydrocarbons: styrene | $698.77M | 0.15% |
| 95 | 711021 | Metals: palladium, unwrought or in powder form | $683.51M | 0.14% |
| 96 | 853890 | Electrical apparatus: parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 or 8537 | $682.57M | 0.14% |
| 97 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $672.82M | 0.14% |
| 98 | 903289 | Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus: automatic, other than hydraulic or pneumatic | $672.66M | 0.14% |
| 99 | 020220 | Meat: of bovine animals, cuts with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses), frozen | $668.39M | 0.14% |
| 100 | 620463 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: women's or girls', of synthetic fibres (not knitted or crocheted) | $659.28M | 0.14% |