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Where does South Korea get its electric cables? Import sources 2024

In 2024, South Korea imported $4.5 billion of electric cables (240 thousand tonnes), 2.7% of the world total. China sold 51% of the total, followed by Vietnam (26%) and the Philippines (7%). South Korea was the world’s 7th-largest importer of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$4.5billion
Tonnes
240thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.7%
World rank
7th
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
China2.3Tonnes: 140,905USD per tonne: $16,51251.5%Sea
Vietnam1.2Tonnes: 56,234USD per tonne: $21,27226.5%Sea
Philippines0.33Tonnes: 19,277USD per tonne: $17,2887.4%Sea
United States0.13Tonnes: 6,563USD per tonne: $20,4953%Air
Cambodia0.1Tonnes: 4,999USD per tonne: $20,5122.3%Sea
Germany0.08Tonnes: 1,730USD per tonne: $46,4541.8%Air
Japan0.07Tonnes: 1,087USD per tonne: $65,4161.6%Air
Indonesia0.04Tonnes: 2,659USD per tonne: $14,3620.84%Sea
Mexico0.03Tonnes: 198USD per tonne: $139,8680.61%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.02Tonnes: 62USD per tonne: $364,8400.5%Air
Thailand0.02Tonnes: 1,973USD per tonne: $9,5760.42%Sea
Malaysia0.02Tonnes: 389USD per tonne: $45,3010.39%Air
India0.02Tonnes: 907USD per tonne: $16,6690.33%Sea
Israel0.01Tonnes: 118USD per tonne: $123,1660.32%Air
Taiwan0.01Tonnes: 131USD per tonne: $100,1760.29%Air
France0.01Tonnes: 182USD per tonne: $62,2270.25%Air
Romania0.01Tonnes: 312USD per tonne: $33,0690.23%Sea
Italy0.01Tonnes: 473USD per tonne: $19,8580.21%Sea
Poland0.01Tonnes: 97USD per tonne: $86,6150.19%Air
United Kingdom0.01Tonnes: 60USD per tonne: $128,7440.17%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 1998

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

  • China 2.3
  • Vietnam 1.2
  • Philippines 0.33
  • United States 0.13
  • Cambodia 0.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.032.3
Vietnam< 0.011.2
Philippines< 0.010.33
United States0.080.13
Cambodia00.1

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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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