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Where does South Korea get its pork? Import sources 2024

In 2024, South Korea imported $2.1 billion of pork (567 thousand tonnes), 5.7% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (32%), Spain (16%) and Canada (13%). South Korea was the world’s 5th-largest importer of pork.

Summary

Value
$2.1billion
Tonnes
567thousand tonnes
Share of world total
5.7%
World rank
5th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States672Tonnes: 196,752USD per tonne: $3,41732.2%Sea
Spain343Tonnes: 86,793USD per tonne: $3,94916.4%Sea
Canada280Tonnes: 73,554USD per tonne: $3,80013.4%Sea
Chile191Tonnes: 39,685USD per tonne: $4,8139.2%Sea
Germany159Tonnes: 43,289USD per tonne: $3,6677.6%Sea
Netherlands re-exports139Tonnes: 31,846USD per tonne: $4,3646.7%Sea
Austria79Tonnes: 19,962USD per tonne: $3,9583.8%Sea
Brazil53.8Tonnes: 20,914USD per tonne: $2,5732.6%Sea
Belgium re-exports36.3Tonnes: 8,512USD per tonne: $4,2621.7%Sea
Mexico34.8Tonnes: 10,594USD per tonne: $3,2831.7%Sea
Denmark30.1Tonnes: 10,513USD per tonne: $2,8621.4%Sea
France27.6Tonnes: 6,722USD per tonne: $4,1111.3%Sea
Finland20Tonnes: 4,938USD per tonne: $4,0480.96%Sea
Ireland6.8Tonnes: 2,800USD per tonne: $2,4200.32%Sea
United Kingdom4Tonnes: 3,598USD per tonne: $1,1020.19%Sea
Sweden2.5Tonnes: 2,242USD per tonne: $1,1300.12%Sea
Australia2.5Tonnes: 2,260USD per tonne: $1,0870.12%Sea
Portugal2.3Tonnes: 752USD per tonne: $3,0340.11%Sea
Poland1.4Tonnes: 714USD per tonne: $1,9350.07%Sea
Hungary0.76Tonnes: 353USD per tonne: $2,1370.04%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States has been its main source since 2023

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

  • United States 672
  • Spain 343
  • Canada 280
  • Chile 191
  • Germany 159

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States30.7672
Spain0343
Canada11280
Chile0.01191
Germany0159

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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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