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Who buys South Korea’s refrigerators and freezers? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, South Korea exported $3 billion of refrigerators and freezers (409 thousand tonnes), 5% of the world total. The United States bought 65% of the total, followed by Japan (4%) and Mexico (4%). South Korea was the world’s 4th-largest exporter of refrigerators and freezers.

Summary

Value
$3billion
Tonnes
409thousand tonnes
Share of world total
5%
World rank
4th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States2Tonnes: 300,435USD per tonne: $6,52064.6%Sea
Japan0.13Tonnes: 11,755USD per tonne: $10,9354.2%Sea
Mexico0.11Tonnes: 10,124USD per tonne: $11,0393.7%Sea
Canada0.09Tonnes: 16,118USD per tonne: $5,5633%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.07Tonnes: 6,955USD per tonne: $10,5052.4%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.06Tonnes: 4,633USD per tonne: $12,4571.9%Sea
China0.06Tonnes: 3,830USD per tonne: $14,5301.8%Sea
Israel0.05Tonnes: 906USD per tonne: $50,7961.5%Air
India0.05Tonnes: 5,295USD per tonne: $8,5261.5%Sea
Australia0.04Tonnes: 5,061USD per tonne: $8,4851.4%Sea
France0.04Tonnes: 5,676USD per tonne: $6,7511.3%Sea
Vietnam0.04Tonnes: 3,770USD per tonne: $9,9411.2%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.03Tonnes: 2,491USD per tonne: $11,8620.97%Sea
Poland0.03Tonnes: 2,693USD per tonne: $10,6200.94%Sea
Kuwait0.02Tonnes: 1,049USD per tonne: $19,7890.68%Sea
Slovakia0.02Tonnes: 1,426USD per tonne: $11,0330.52%Sea
Turkey0.02Tonnes: 1,199USD per tonne: $12,8430.51%Sea
United Kingdom0.01Tonnes: 1,352USD per tonne: $11,0300.49%Sea
Indonesia0.01Tonnes: 1,087USD per tonne: $13,7080.49%Sea
Thailand0.01Tonnes: 1,142USD per tonne: $12,9560.49%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2002

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

  • United States 2
  • Japan 0.13
  • Mexico 0.11
  • Canada 0.09
  • United Arab Emirates 0.07

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.012
Japan0.060.13
Mexico0.010.11
Canada< 0.010.09
United Arab Emirates0.030.07

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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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