Imports to South Korea dropped 16.3 percent year-on-year to USD 35.54 billion in August 2020, the sixth month of decline in a row and compared with market forecasts of a 15.2 percent fall, a preliminary estimate showed. Domestic demand remained under pressure amid a resurgence in coronavirus cases across the country.
Imports in South Korea averaged 14040.76 USD Million from 1966 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 48480.62 USD Million in October of 2018 and a record low of 38.61 USD Million in January of 1966. This page provides the latest reported value for - South Korea Imports - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. South Korea Imports - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2020. source: Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE)
Imports in South Korea is expected to be 40500.00 USD Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Imports in South Korea to stand at 45000.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the South Korea Imports is projected to trend around 45900.00 USD Million in 2021, according to our econometric models.
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South Korea Imports Fall More than Expected
2020-09-01
South Korea Imports Drop Slightly More than Expected
2020-08-01
South Korea Imports Fall More than Expected
2020-07-01
South Korea Imports Tumble to 3-1/2-Year Low
2020-06-01
South Korea Imports
In 2019 imports to South Korea dropped 6 percent to USD 503.2 billion from the previous year's all-time high, as domestic production and facility investment dwindled. Main imports were mineral fuels, mineral oils, bituminous substances (25 percent of total imports), electrical machinery and equipment (18 percent), nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical (10 percent), optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring (4 percent), road vehicles (3 percent), iron and steel (3 percent), ores, slag, ash (3 percent), organic chemicals (3 percent), plastics and articles thereof (2 percent), miscellaneous chemicals products (2 percent), and inorganic chemicals, compounds of precious metals (2 percent). China was the biggest source of imports (21 percent of total imports), followed by the US (12 percent), Japan (9 percent), Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Australia and Germany (4 percent each), Taiwan, Russia and Qatar (3 percent each), and Kuwait, Malaysia, the UAE and Indonesia (2 percent each).