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Where does South Korea get its auto parts? Import sources 2024

In 2024, South Korea imported $5.1 billion of auto parts (476 thousand tonnes), 1.2% of the world total. Its main sources were China (47%), Germany (12%) and Mexico (8%). South Korea was the world’s 23rd-largest importer of auto parts.

Summary

Value
$5.1billion
Tonnes
476thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.2%
World rank
23rd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China2.4Tonnes: 318,476USD per tonne: $7,55546.7%Sea
Germany0.63Tonnes: 23,017USD per tonne: $27,36712.2%Sea
Mexico0.39Tonnes: 21,094USD per tonne: $18,3877.5%Sea
Japan0.27Tonnes: 19,811USD per tonne: $13,6705.3%Sea
Vietnam0.26Tonnes: 30,846USD per tonne: $8,3175%Sea
United States0.25Tonnes: 9,065USD per tonne: $27,8844.9%Sea
India0.15Tonnes: 15,724USD per tonne: $9,6412.9%Sea
Spain0.11Tonnes: 3,687USD per tonne: $29,5162.1%Sea
Thailand0.09Tonnes: 7,515USD per tonne: $12,2981.8%Sea
France0.08Tonnes: 4,262USD per tonne: $19,6671.6%Sea
Austria0.06Tonnes: 2,680USD per tonne: $24,0031.3%Sea
Hungary0.06Tonnes: 1,360USD per tonne: $42,4151.1%Air
Italy0.06Tonnes: 1,918USD per tonne: $29,1191.1%Sea
Slovakia0.05Tonnes: 2,811USD per tonne: $17,9490.98%Sea
Poland0.05Tonnes: 3,043USD per tonne: $16,0140.95%Sea
Turkey0.04Tonnes: 3,549USD per tonne: $10,5830.73%Sea
Romania0.03Tonnes: 1,151USD per tonne: $28,2400.63%Sea
Czechia0.03Tonnes: 1,490USD per tonne: $20,7600.6%Sea
United Kingdom0.02Tonnes: 478USD per tonne: $48,4160.45%Air
Malaysia0.02Tonnes: 220USD per tonne: $103,5740.44%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2011

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

  • China 2.4
  • Germany 0.63
  • Mexico 0.39
  • Japan 0.27
  • Vietnam 0.26

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.012.4
Germany0.150.63
Mexico< 0.010.39
Japan0.70.27
Vietnam00.26

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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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