South Korea Imports

Imports to South Korea jumped 27.9 percent year-on-year to USD 48.22 billion in October of 2018, after an upwardly revised 1.6 percent fall in the previous month and well above market expectations of 19 percent. Imports in South Korea averaged 13111.18 USD Million from 1966 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 48421 USD Million in October of 2018 and a record low of 38.61 USD Million in January of 1966.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus
2018-09-01	12:00 AM	Imports YoY	9.2%	16.4%	7.7%
2018-10-01	12:00 AM	Imports YoY	-2.1%	9.4%	3.1%
2018-11-01	12:00 AM	Imports YoY	27.9%	-1.6%	19%
2018-11-30	12:00 AM	Imports YoY		27.9%

South Korea Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	6552.00	9565.35	13419.36	-4043.46	USD Million	[+]
Exports	54972.00	50588.86	55115.24	14.75	USD Million	[+]
Imports	48421.00	41023.51	48421.00	38.61	USD Million	[+]
Current Account	10831.40	8439.80	12287.50	-3756.80	USD Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	5.60	7.00	10.70	-10.50	percent	[+]
External Debt	440543.60	433886.70	452718.00	80766.40	USD Million	[+]
Terms of Trade	98.00	97.50	237.00	86.10	Index Points	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	3448981.00	10819799.00	10819799.00	0.00	USD Thousand	[+]
Capital Flows	9802.30	7271.70	12440.20	-3385.80	USD Million	[+]
Tourism Revenues	1356500.00	1381400.00	1765400.00	326500.00	USD Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	1278604.00	1391727.00	1703495.00	213006.00		[+]
Gold Reserves	104.40	104.40	104.44	13.00	Tonnes	[+]
Terrorism Index	0.61	0.23	2.62	0.00		[+]
Weapons Sales	587.00	585.00	587.00	7.00	USD Million	[+]

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South Korea imports mainly petroleum, petroleum products, related materials (16 percent of total imports), electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and electrical parts thereof (13 percent) and food, live animals (5 percent) and natural gas (5 percent). Other imports include metalliferous ores, metal scrap, iron, steel, industrial machinery and equipment. Main import partners are China (21 percent of total imports), Japan (11 percent), the United States (10 percent) and Germany (5 percent). Others include: Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Qatar, Australia (4 percent each) and Russia (3 percent). 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 - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2018.