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Who buys South Korea’s auto parts? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, South Korea exported $18.7 billion of auto parts (2.2 million tonnes), 4.2% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (36%), Mexico (8%) and China (6%). South Korea was the world’s 7th-largest exporter of auto parts.

Summary

Value
$18.7billion
Tonnes
2.2million tonnes
Share of world total
4.2%
World rank
7th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States6.7Tonnes: 714,550USD per tonne: $9,41536%Sea
Mexico1.5Tonnes: 150,396USD per tonne: $10,2828.3%Sea
China1.2Tonnes: 124,450USD per tonne: $9,5396.3%Sea
Slovakia1.1Tonnes: 92,618USD per tonne: $12,2356.1%Sea
Czechia0.96Tonnes: 154,996USD per tonne: $6,1895.1%Sea
Vietnam0.73Tonnes: 70,144USD per tonne: $10,3933.9%Sea
India0.71Tonnes: 56,798USD per tonne: $12,4763.8%Sea
Brazil0.51Tonnes: 50,962USD per tonne: $10,0512.7%Sea
Germany0.47Tonnes: 72,638USD per tonne: $6,4792.5%Sea
Uzbekistan0.45Tonnes: 52,069USD per tonne: $8,6632.4%Sea
Japan0.4Tonnes: 72,179USD per tonne: $5,5222.1%Sea
Kazakhstan0.35Tonnes: 28,188USD per tonne: $12,4761.9%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.32Tonnes: 38,113USD per tonne: $8,3691.7%Sea
Turkey0.31Tonnes: 46,734USD per tonne: $6,6131.7%Sea
Canada0.26Tonnes: 19,791USD per tonne: $13,3301.4%Sea
Poland0.17Tonnes: 21,839USD per tonne: $7,9570.93%Sea
Russia0.17Tonnes: 26,762USD per tonne: $6,4520.92%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.16Tonnes: 11,405USD per tonne: $13,9000.85%Sea
United Kingdom0.15Tonnes: 19,705USD per tonne: $7,3760.78%Sea
Spain0.14Tonnes: 19,164USD per tonne: $7,2320.74%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2015

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

  • United States 6.7
  • Mexico 1.5
  • China 1.2
  • Slovakia 1.1
  • Czechia 0.96

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.156.7
Mexico< 0.011.5
China0.021.2
Slovakia< 0.011.1
Czechia< 0.010.96

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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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