South Korea's exports rose from US$152B in 1996 to US$857B in 2025.
South Korea · Trade
Exports, imports, balances, openness and composition.
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South Korea's imports rose from US$173B in 1996 to US$760B in 2025.
South Korea's merchandise exports (current us$) rose from US$130B in 1996 to US$709B in 2025.
South Korea's merchandise imports (current us$) rose from US$150B in 1996 to US$632B in 2025.
South Korea's services exports rose from US$25B in 1996 to US$150B in 2025.
South Korea's trade balance rose from US$-20.9B in 1996 to US$96.7B in 2025.
South Korea's current account balance (us$) rose from US$-24.5B in 1996 to US$123B in 2025.
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- Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)up +1.4 pts46th of 138
- Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)up +0.3 pts72nd of 138
- Trade opennessup +1.7 pts63rd of 138
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- Current accountup +1.2 pts10th of 101
- FDI inflowsup +0.2 pts72nd of 97
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- High-tech exportsup +6.0 pts12th of 125
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- Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.9 pts48th of 127
- Food exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.0 pts124th of 131
- Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)up +1.2 pts7th of 131
- Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.3 pts79th of 130
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- Net barter terms of trade indexup +2.9 pts171st of 203
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- Tariffsup +0.8 pts54th of 143
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- FDI outflowsdown −0.4 pts12th of 91
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- Logistics performance index, overallup +5.3 %16th of 138