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Who buys South Korea’s air conditioners? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, South Korea exported $1.6 billion of air conditioners (110 thousand tonnes), 2.4% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (24%), the Netherlands (9%) and China (6%). South Korea was the world’s 8th-largest exporter of air conditioners.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
110thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.4%
World rank
8th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States389Tonnes: 25,224USD per tonne: $15,42723.7%Sea
Netherlands re-exports141Tonnes: 7,902USD per tonne: $17,8448.6%Sea
China106Tonnes: 6,016USD per tonne: $17,5686.4%Sea
United Arab Emirates70.8Tonnes: 6,558USD per tonne: $10,7924.3%Sea
Mexico65.5Tonnes: 3,502USD per tonne: $18,7014%Sea
France62.2Tonnes: 3,382USD per tonne: $18,4023.8%Sea
Turkey53.7Tonnes: 3,963USD per tonne: $13,5423.3%Sea
Brazil50Tonnes: 4,995USD per tonne: $10,0163%Sea
India49.7Tonnes: 4,418USD per tonne: $11,2433%Sea
Slovakia47.5Tonnes: 2,910USD per tonne: $16,3302.9%Sea
Canada45.8Tonnes: 2,817USD per tonne: $16,2482.8%Sea
Saudi Arabia38.5Tonnes: 4,113USD per tonne: $9,3702.4%Sea
Vietnam28.8Tonnes: 2,457USD per tonne: $11,7331.8%Sea
Thailand27.2Tonnes: 2,282USD per tonne: $11,9211.7%Sea
Israel26.1Tonnes: 451USD per tonne: $57,7521.6%Air
Philippines23Tonnes: 1,354USD per tonne: $16,9721.4%Sea
Germany20.3Tonnes: 795USD per tonne: $25,5281.2%Sea
Australia19.8Tonnes: 1,338USD per tonne: $14,8091.2%Sea
Iraq17.1Tonnes: 1,532USD per tonne: $11,1761%Sea
Czechia17.1Tonnes: 971USD per tonne: $17,5771%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2014

Value in USD millions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • United States 389
  • Netherlands 141
  • China 106
  • United Arab Emirates 70.8
  • Mexico 65.5

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States64.4389
Netherlands1.2141
China12.7106
United Arab Emirates7.470.8
Mexico0.7565.5

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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