Country Matrix
For 2025, 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: 2025(24 in Danger Zone)[5 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 1998(24)[5] | 1567(17)[3] | 1235(12)[2] | 942(10)[2] | 685(8)[2] | 459(5)[1] | 244(4)[1] |
| >= 50 mln USD | 775(14)[4] | 608(9)[2] | 475(6)[2] | 368(5)[2] | 268(4)[2] | 177(3)[1] | 94(2)[1] |
| >= 100 mln USD | 446(11)[4] | 335(6)[2] | 251(4)[2] | 196(3)[2] | 142(2)[2] | 91(2)[1] | 53(2)[1] |
| >= 200 mln USD | 229(5)[4] | 167(1)[2] | 122(1)[2] | 95(1)[2] | 63(1)[2] | 36(1)[1] | 22(1)[1] |
| >= 500 mln USD | 78(2)[4] | 60[2] | 44[2] | 30[2] | 19[2] | 8[1] | 3[1] |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (24 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | 2025 | 96.31% | 126,773,335 |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 030633 | Crustaceans; live, fresh or chilled, crabs, whether in shell or not | 2025 | 95.28% | 303,155,075 |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 030475 | Fish fillets; frozen, Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) | 2025 | 93.99% | 42,224,380 |
| 4 | 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 | 2025 | 90.71% | 12,974,655 |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 030391 | Fish; frozen, livers, roes and milt | 2025 | 83.72% | 81,943,390 |
| 6 | 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 | 2025 | 79.76% | 35,307,850 |
| 7 | 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 | 2025 | 77.44% | 64,762,438 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 720110 | Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2025 | 70.73% | 49,359,995 |
| 9 | 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 | 2025 | 65.22% | 119,555,493 |
| 10 | 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 | 2025 | 62.28% | 28,099,063 |
| 11 | 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 | 2025 | 56.04% | 32,642,062 |
| 12 | Qatar | 280429 | Gases, rare; other than argon | 2025 | 55.05% | 146,849,247 |
| 13 | 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 | 2025 | 47.89% | 66,516,203 |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 030494 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, Alaska Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) | 2025 | 46.56% | 41,359,699 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 290531 | Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol) | 2025 | 46.26% | 100,910,875 |
| 16 | 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 | 2025 | 45.64% | 107,043,728 |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 290513 | Alcohols; saturated monohydric, butan-1-ol (n-butyl alcohol) | 2025 | 44.72% | 25,189,578 |
| 18 | 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 | 2025 | 39.83% | 327,815,621 |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 281410 | Ammonia; anhydrous | 2025 | 38.69% | 200,293,660 |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 030353 | Fish; frozen, sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | 2025 | 38.22% | 11,606,538 |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 270900 | Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | 2025 | 34.18% | 25,740,855,840 |
| 22 | Russian Federation | 760110 | Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed) | 2025 | 32.96% | 1,028,093,470 |
| 23 | Russian Federation | 270111 | Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | 2025 | 31.81% | 166,671,798 |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 290516 | Alcohols; saturated monohydric, octanol (octyl alcohol) and isomers thereof | 2025 | 31.39% | 21,819,516 |
Partner frequency summary:
Russian Federation: 18 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 5 occurrences
Qatar: 1 occurrence
Critical Goods in table:
270900 - Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bi...
Legend:
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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.