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Who buys South Korea’s new tires? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, South Korea exported $3.7 billion of new tires (719 thousand tonnes), 3.7% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (25%), Germany (13%) and Mexico (5%). South Korea was the world’s 7th-largest exporter of new tires.

Summary

Value
$3.7billion
Tonnes
719thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.7%
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 millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States917Tonnes: 172,448USD per tonne: $5,31725%Sea
Germany459Tonnes: 78,872USD per tonne: $5,81612.5%Sea
Mexico178Tonnes: 32,140USD per tonne: $5,5314.9%Sea
Turkey153Tonnes: 35,393USD per tonne: $4,3354.2%Sea
Russia152Tonnes: 34,750USD per tonne: $4,3694.1%Sea
United Kingdom147Tonnes: 27,449USD per tonne: $5,3614%Sea
Saudi Arabia146Tonnes: 35,644USD per tonne: $4,0944%Sea
France130Tonnes: 20,775USD per tonne: $6,2653.6%Sea
Italy115Tonnes: 20,812USD per tonne: $5,5203.1%Sea
United Arab Emirates103Tonnes: 24,760USD per tonne: $4,1662.8%Sea
Spain101Tonnes: 18,187USD per tonne: $5,5612.8%Sea
Netherlands re-exports88.3Tonnes: 20,784USD per tonne: $4,2472.4%Sea
Canada79.3Tonnes: 15,824USD per tonne: $5,0092.2%Sea
Czechia74.5Tonnes: 15,926USD per tonne: $4,6752%Sea
Australia71.5Tonnes: 18,484USD per tonne: $3,8682%Sea
Japan65Tonnes: 16,879USD per tonne: $3,8491.8%Sea
Poland63.1Tonnes: 9,419USD per tonne: $6,7001.7%Sea
Sweden45.3Tonnes: 7,758USD per tonne: $5,8451.2%Sea
Morocco31Tonnes: 4,378USD per tonne: $7,0850.85%Sea
Slovenia24.6Tonnes: 3,665USD per tonne: $6,7140.67%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • United States 0.92
  • Germany 0.46
  • Mexico 0.18
  • Turkey 0.15
  • Russia 0.15

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.230.92
Germany0.070.46
Mexico0.010.18
Turkey< 0.010.15
Russia< 0.010.15

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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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