Imports in South Korea increased to 63222 USD Million in May from 60350 USD Million in April of 2022. source: Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE)

Imports in South Korea averaged 15199.21 USD Million from 1966 until 2022, reaching an all time high of 63618 USD Million in March of 2022 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 July of 2022.

Imports in South Korea is expected to be 44000.00 USD Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the South Korea Imports is projected to trend around 45000.00 USD Million in 2023, according to our econometric models.

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South Korea Imports



Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Balance of Trade -2470.00 -1710.00 USD Million Jun 2022
Exports 57730.00 61520.00 USD Million Jun 2022
Imports 63222.00 60350.00 USD Million May 2022
Imports YoY 19.40 32.00 percent Jun 2022
Exports YoY 5.40 21.30 percent Jun 2022

South Korea Imports
South Korea's mainly imports 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 is 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).
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
63222.00 60350.00 63618.00 38.61 1966 - 2022 USD Million Monthly
South Korea Imports by Country Last Previous
China 14508331.00 12331000.00 USD THO May/22
United States 7220454.00 6619000.00 USD THO May/22
European Union 6052000.00 5487000.00 USD THO May/22
Japan 4258223.00 4879000.00 USD THO May/22
Australia 3848436.00 2951221.00 USD THO May/22
Saudi Arabia 3701141.00 3570511.00 USD THO May/22
Taiwan 2426691.00 2397887.00 USD THO May/22
Germany 2031445.00 2244104.00 USD THO May/22
Qatar 1349647.00 1407819.00 USD THO May/22
Indonesia 1337222.00 1282724.00 USD THO May/22
India 1084000.00 897000.00 USD THO May/22
Russia 1077185.00 1682315.00 USD THO May/22
United Arab Emirates 1006535.00 1100068.00 USD THO May/22
Malaysia 1005351.00 1168866.00 USD THO May/22
Kuwait 998408.00 1344596.00 USD THO May/22
Singapore 856288.00 842009.00 USD THO May/22
Netherlands 829169.00 428657.00 USD THO May/22
Canada 795571.00 737026.00 USD THO May/22
Mexico 786204.00 581491.00 USD THO May/22
Chile 777117.00 679231.00 USD THO May/22
United Kingdom 751092.00 641040.00 USD THO May/22
Italy 726337.00 678645.00 USD THO May/22
Thailand 682081.00 718826.00 USD THO May/22
France 676741.00 590944.00 USD THO May/22
Brazil 489312.00 537481.00 USD THO May/22
Philippines 431518.00 349051.00 USD THO May/22
Belgium 331700.00 232004.00 USD THO May/22
South Africa 300223.00 323198.00 USD THO May/22
Oman 285253.00 484640.00 USD THO May/22
Switzerland 271903.00 258903.00 USD THO May/22
Spain 216012.00 220692.00 USD THO May/22
New Zealand 209017.00 174143.00 USD THO May/22
Sweden 199832.00 132582.00 USD THO May/22
Norway 175883.00 143514.00 USD THO May/22
Austria 171758.00 185413.00 USD THO May/22
Nigeria 150822.00 69154.00 USD THO May/22
Argentina 146502.00 116928.00 USD THO May/22
Turkey 145578.00 114160.00 USD THO May/22
Israel 140993.00 121187.00 USD THO May/22
Bahrain 140960.00 145659.00 USD THO May/22
Hong Kong 133597.00 164216.00 USD THO May/22
Egypt 120057.00 164705.00 USD THO May/22
Poland 118041.00 86725.00 USD THO May/22
Ireland 117621.00 136028.00 USD THO May/22
Finland 97542.00 104967.00 USD THO May/22
Denmark 89848.00 80366.00 USD THO May/22
Czech Republic 82964.00 81293.00 USD THO May/22
Hungary 57752.00 59039.00 USD THO May/22
Portugal 48728.00 32926.00 USD THO May/22
Colombia 43267.00 41854.00 USD THO May/22
Bangladesh 43022.00 65941.00 USD THO May/22
Pakistan 42847.00 23459.00 USD THO May/22
Ukraine 32407.00 140914.00 USD THO May/22
Greece 21768.00 12291.00 USD THO May/22
Guatemala 10567.00 13403.00 USD THO May/22
Jordan 9680.00 10396.00 USD THO May/22
Ecuador 8871.00 8112.00 USD THO May/22
Panama 4611.00 93447.00 USD THO May/22
Papua New Guinea 3995.00 12048.00 USD THO May/22
Uzbekistan 3611.00 1645.00 USD THO May/22
Venezuela 1842.00 1292.00 USD THO May/22
Iran 328.00 1384.00 USD THO May/22
South Korea Imports by Category Last Previous
Crude Materials & Fuels 34479000.00 33024000.00 USD THO May/22
Capital Goods 19168000.00 18094000.00 USD THO May/22
Crude Materials & Fuels - Fuel 17077000.00 17371000.00 USD THO May/22
Consumer Goods 9573000.00 9224000.00 USD THO May/22
Crude Petroleum 8878000.00 9657000.00 USD THO May/22
Chemicals 6674000.00 6083000.00 USD THO May/22
Semi-conductor 6168000.00 5809000.00 USD THO May/22
Consumer Goods - Durable Consumer Goods 4041000.00 3648000.00 USD THO May/22
Crude Materials & Fuels - Minerals 3239000.00 3034000.00 USD THO May/22
Information & Communication Equipment 2564000.00 2637000.00 USD THO May/22
Capital Goods - Transport Equipment 1148000.00 951000.00 USD THO May/22
Consumer Goods - Cereals 909000.00 985000.00 USD THO May/22
Crude Materials & Fuels - Textile 421000.00 353000.00 USD THO May/22
Crude Materials & Fuels - Oilpaper 240000.00 218000.00 USD THO May/22
Consumer Goods - Durable Cons Goodsgold 101000.00 91000.00 USD THO May/22
Domestic Use 41454.00 38382.00 USD Million May/22
Capital Goods - Domestic Use 12278.00 11525.00 USD Million May/22
Fuels - Use 9261.00 10435.00 USD Million May/22
Consumer Goods - Domestic Use 9058.00 8757.00 USD Million May/22
Fuels - Domestic Use 7817.00 6936.00 USD Million May/22
Capital Goods - Use 6890.00 6568.00 USD Million May/22
Semi-conductor - Use 4837.00 4472.00 USD Million May/22
Chemicals - Domestic Use 4213.00 4011.00 USD Million May/22
Consumer Durable Goods - Domestic Use 3658.00 3319.00 USD Million May/22
Chemicals - Use 2461.00 2071.00 USD Million May/22
Mineral - Domestic Use 2323.00 2173.00 USD Million May/22
Consumer Nondurable Goods - Domestic U 1973.00 2009.00 USD Million May/22
Iron & Steel Products - Domestic Use 1743.00 1451.00 USD Million May/22
Non-ferrous Metal - Domestic Use 1530.00 1360.00 USD Million May/22
Semi-conductor - Domestic Use 1331.00 1337.00 USD Million May/22
Passenger Car - Domestic Use 1311.00 1094.00 USD Million May/22
Mineral - Use 915.00 861.00 USD Million May/22
Cereals - Domestic Use 908.00 982.00 USD Million May/22
Transport Equipment - Domestic Use 823.00 716.00 USD Million May/22
Clothing - Domestic Use 815.00 941.00 USD Million May/22
Electric Home Appliances - Domestic Use 653.00 618.00 USD Million May/22
Light Industry Input - Domestic Use 641.00 571.00 USD Million May/22
Non-ferrous Metal - Use 619.00 526.00 USD Million May/22
Iron & Steel Products - Use 595.00 555.00 USD Million May/22
Consumer Goods - Use 515.00 467.00 USD Million May/22
Consumer Durable Goods - Use 383.00 329.00 USD Million May/22
Transport Equipment - Use 325.00 235.00 USD Million May/22
Textile - Domestic Use 290.00 237.00 USD Million May/22
Oilpaper - Domestic Use 235.00 215.00 USD Million May/22
Electric Home Appliances - Exports of 200.00 145.00 USD Million May/22
Light Industry Input - Use 170.00 157.00 USD Million May/22
Beverages - Domestic Use 136.00 135.00 USD Million May/22
Textile - Use 131.00 115.00 USD Million May/22
Golf Accessories - Domestic Use 87.00 77.00 USD Million May/22
Gold - Use 65.00 70.00 USD Million May/22
Gold - Domestic Use 36.00 21.00 USD Million May/22
Tobacco - Domestic Use 26.00 25.00 USD Million May/22
Consumer Nondurable Goods - Exports of 23.00 22.00 USD Million May/22
Tobacco - Use 9.00 10.00 USD Million May/22
Oilpaper - Use 5.00 4.00 USD Million May/22
Beverages - Use 3.00 1.00 USD Million May/22
Clothing - Use 2.00 3.00 USD Million May/22

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