Country Matrix
For 2023, the matrix below shows Rep. of Korea's number of import bottlenecks for different combinations of minimum import share (%) and minimum import value (USD). Red parentheses show bottlenecks from Danger Zone countries, and lime square brackets show bottlenecks involving Critical Goods.
Rep. of Korea
Year: 2023(33 in Danger Zone)[4 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 2017(33)[4] | 1549(22)[3] | 1179(17)[3] | 901(11)[3] | 664(10)[3] | 442(9)[3] | 239(3) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 770(18)[4] | 603(12)[3] | 467(9)[3] | 365(7)[3] | 267(7)[3] | 177(6)[3] | 95(2) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 420(12)[3] | 321(6)[2] | 238(5)[2] | 184(4)[2] | 137(4)[2] | 90(3)[2] | 57(2) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 218(6)[3] | 164(2)[2] | 113(1)[2] | 88(1)[2] | 62(1)[2] | 41(1)[2] | 25(1) |
| >= 500 mln USD | 69(1)[3] | 52[2] | 37[2] | 29[2] | 21[2] | 14[2] | 6 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (33 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 030351 | Fish; frozen, herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | 2023 | 97.78% | 16,084,528 |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 030367 | Fish; frozen, Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | 2023 | 95.14% | 138,131,781 |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 030633 | Crustaceans; live, fresh or chilled, crabs, whether in shell or not | 2023 | 93.80% | 365,633,047 |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 030475 | Fish fillets; frozen, Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) | 2023 | 89.78% | 55,060,753 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 930120 | Military weapons; rocket launchers, flame-throwers, grenade launchers, torpedo tubes and similar projectors | 2023 | 88.80% | 22,212,000 |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 030553 | Fish; dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, other than cod | 2023 | 88.75% | 78,993,695 |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 030363 | Fish; frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | 2023 | 87.77% | 51,603,801 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 760511 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7mm | 2023 | 87.55% | 11,603,733 |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 030391 | Fish; frozen, livers, roes and milt | 2023 | 83.64% | 133,252,337 |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 720110 | Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2023 | 77.99% | 110,204,206 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 292121 | Amine-function compounds; acyclic polyamines and their derivatives, ethylenediamine and its salts | 2023 | 66.88% | 20,889,074 |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 400231 | Rubber; synthetic, isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | 2023 | 59.37% | 10,078,543 |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 290359 | Unsaturated fluorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons; n.e.c. in item no. 2903.5 | 2023 | 56.16% | 42,846,815 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 290531 | Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol) | 2023 | 55.36% | 104,561,884 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 151419 | Vegetable oils; low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, other than crude, but not chemically modified | 2023 | 55.20% | 17,614,335 |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 030614 | Crustaceans; frozen, crabs, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | 2023 | 53.41% | 92,846,795 |
| 17 | Russian Federation | 030339 | Fish; frozen, flat fish, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.3, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | 2023 | 50.70% | 31,208,737 |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 720249 | Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon | 2023 | 49.37% | 52,737,119 |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 051000 | Animal products; ambergris, castoreum, civet, musk, cantharides, bile (dried or not) glands and other animal products, for pharmaceutical purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved | 2023 | 48.94% | 23,720,372 |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 270111 | Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | 2023 | 45.38% | 456,162,488 |
| 21 | Russian Federation | 440712 | Wood; coniferous species, of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | 2023 | 42.47% | 78,800,907 |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 290516 | Alcohols; saturated monohydric, octanol (octyl alcohol) and isomers thereof | 2023 | 40.73% | 26,018,031 |
| 23 | Russian Federation | 030792 | Molluscs; n.e.c. in heading 0307, whether in shell or not, frozen | 2023 | 39.22% | 25,095,643 |
| 24 | Qatar | 280429 | Gases, rare; other than argon | 2023 | 38.68% | 148,551,791 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 290513 | Alcohols; saturated monohydric, butan-1-ol (n-butyl alcohol) | 2023 | 38.14% | 23,293,643 |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 281410 | Ammonia; anhydrous | 2023 | 35.67% | 204,039,847 |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 270900 | Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | 2023 | 35.48% | 30,570,108,881 |
| 28 | Russian Federation | 292990 | Nitrogen-function compounds; n.e.c. in chapter 29, excluding isocyanates | 2023 | 34.81% | 11,899,239 |
| 29 | Russian Federation | 760120 | Aluminium; unwrought, alloys | 2023 | 34.27% | 384,166,674 |
| 30 | Russian Federation | 441233 | Plywood; with sheets of wood only; not bamboo; each ply 6mm or less, with at least one outer ply of alder, ash, beech, birch, cherry, chestnut, elm, eucalyptus, hickory, horse chestnut, lime, maple, oak, plane, poplar, aspen, robinia, tulipwood or walnut | 2023 | 33.07% | 44,088,208 |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 720221 | Ferro-alloys; ferro-silicon, containing by weight more than 55% of silicon | 2023 | 31.70% | 104,877,989 |
| 32 | Russian Federation | 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 | 2023 | 31.10% | 342,331,358 |
| 33 | Russian Federation | 030494 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, Alaska Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) | 2023 | 30.41% | 23,505,349 |
Partner frequency summary:
Russian Federation: 24 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 7 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence
Qatar: 1 occurrence
Critical Goods in table:
270900 - Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bi...
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The number in red parentheses indicates bottlenecks from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.
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The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.