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Where does South Korea get its footwear? Import sources 2024

In 2024, South Korea imported $3.5 billion of footwear (130 thousand tonnes), 2.4% of the world total. Its main sources were China (34%), Vietnam (33%) and Indonesia (12%). South Korea was the world’s 12th-largest importer of footwear.

Summary

Value
$3.5billion
Tonnes
130thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.4%
World rank
12th
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
China1.2Tonnes: 75,826USD per tonne: $15,49133.9%Sea
Vietnam1.2Tonnes: 31,855USD per tonne: $36,44233.5%Sea
Indonesia0.43Tonnes: 12,951USD per tonne: $33,06512.4%Sea
Italy0.38Tonnes: 1,145USD per tonne: $328,27010.9%Air
Cambodia0.08Tonnes: 3,196USD per tonne: $25,6392.4%Sea
India0.04Tonnes: 1,096USD per tonne: $37,8341.2%Sea
Bangladesh0.02Tonnes: 676USD per tonne: $34,7430.68%Sea
France0.02Tonnes: 103USD per tonne: $214,0470.64%Air
United States0.02Tonnes: 233USD per tonne: $94,1350.63%Air
Spain0.01Tonnes: 215USD per tonne: $66,9170.42%Air
Germany0.01Tonnes: 124USD per tonne: $106,3450.38%Air
Japan0.01Tonnes: 512USD per tonne: $25,5600.38%Air
Philippines0.01Tonnes: 614USD per tonne: $19,6140.35%Sea
Thailand0.01Tonnes: 286USD per tonne: $41,1990.34%Air
Portugal0.01Tonnes: 103USD per tonne: $102,0750.3%Air
Myanmar0.01Tonnes: 458USD per tonne: $21,5410.28%Sea
United Kingdom0.01Tonnes: 62USD per tonne: $127,7020.23%Air
Bosnia and Herzegovina< 0.01Tonnes: 22USD per tonne: $202,3100.13%Air
Brazil< 0.01Tonnes: 117USD per tonne: $37,1950.13%Sea
Romania< 0.01Tonnes: 90USD per tonne: $46,7710.12%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 1997

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

  • China 1.2
  • Vietnam 1.2
  • Indonesia 0.43
  • Italy 0.38
  • Cambodia 0.08

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.051.2
Vietnam< 0.011.2
Indonesia0.020.43
Italy0.040.38
Cambodia00.08

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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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