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Where does South Korea get its vaccines and blood products? Import sources 2024

In 2024, South Korea imported $3.7 billion of vaccines and blood products (7 thousand tonnes), 1% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (22%), Germany (11%) and Ireland (10%). South Korea was the world’s 19th-largest importer of vaccines and blood products.

Summary

Value
$3.7billion
Tonnes
7thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1%
World rank
19th
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 States823Tonnes: 4,720USD per tonne: $174,28122.3%Air
Germany423Tonnes: 173USD per tonne: $2,443,21211.5%Air
Ireland370Tonnes: 72USD per tonne: $5,103,94610%Air
Turkey319Tonnes: 57USD per tonne: $5,562,2058.6%Air
Switzerland291Tonnes: 59USD per tonne: $4,912,0677.9%Air
Belgium re-exports262Tonnes: 64USD per tonne: $4,094,3547.1%Air
Singapore re-exports217Tonnes: 113USD per tonne: $1,923,3175.9%Air
Denmark158Tonnes: 34USD per tonne: $4,615,0584.3%Air
France149Tonnes: 209USD per tonne: $710,2894%Air
Japan147Tonnes: 139USD per tonne: $1,055,1004%Air
Portugal128Tonnes: 23USD per tonne: $5,605,1283.5%Air
Spain63.8Tonnes: 633USD per tonne: $100,8721.7%Air
China55.4Tonnes: 160USD per tonne: $345,9701.5%Air
Italy53.8Tonnes: 44USD per tonne: $1,219,6941.5%Air
Australia36.8Tonnes: 14USD per tonne: $2,569,6751%Air
Austria31.8Tonnes: 23USD per tonne: $1,374,5240.86%Air
United Kingdom29.4Tonnes: 19USD per tonne: $1,538,5340.8%Air
Netherlands re-exports27.9Tonnes: 37USD per tonne: $751,0040.76%Air
Argentina27.3Tonnes: 57USD per tonne: $478,1710.74%Air
Sweden17Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $8,007,7640.46%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States was its main source throughout the period

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

  • United States 0.82
  • Germany 0.42
  • Ireland 0.37
  • Turkey 0.32
  • Switzerland 0.29

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.030.82
Germany< 0.010.42
Ireland< 0.010.37
Turkey< 0.010.32
Switzerland< 0.010.29

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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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