How dependent is South Korea on the United States?

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A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• The United States sells 30.3% of what the world exports of turbojets and gas turbines; next come United Kingdom (14.5%), France (10%) and Hong Kong (5.3%). The rest of the world exported 80.3 times what South Korea buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 25.2% of what the world exports of airplanes and helicopters; next come France (24.9%), Germany (15.2%) and Canada (6.6%). The rest of the world exported 72.4 times what South Korea buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 12.6% of what the world exports of frozen beef; next come Brazil (27.5%), Australia (15.5%) and India (9.8%). The rest of the world exported 25.5 times what South Korea buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 13.2% of what the world exports of fresh beef; next come Australia (10.9%), Canada (8.3%) and Netherlands (8.3%). The rest of the world exported 31.3 times what South Korea buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 30.1% of what the world exports of aircraft parts; next come United Kingdom (11.8%), France (10.8%) and Germany (10.3%). The rest of the world exported 79.5 times what South Korea buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 28.9% of what the world exports of soybeans; next come Brazil (55.4%), Paraguay (4.1%) and Canada (3%). The rest of the world exported 149.5 times what South Korea buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 54.8% of what the world exports of starch, sugar and brewing residues; next come China (8.6%), Russia (4%) and Germany (3.2%). The rest of the world exported 7.8 times what South Korea buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 49.7% of what the world exports of forage (alfalfa and hay); next come Australia (13.4%), Canada (7.5%) and Spain (7%). The rest of the world exported 5.3 times what South Korea buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 46.2% of what the world exports of other nuts (almonds, walnuts); next come Turkey (10%), China (5.7%) and Australia (4.4%). The rest of the world exported 41.1 times what South Korea buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 4.7% of what the world exports of citrus fruit; next come Spain (21.7%), South Africa (13.7%) and China (8.6%). The rest of the world exported 66.6 times what South Korea buys from the United States.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

South Korea is the United States’ 6th-largest customer, with 3.8% of its exports.

• Trade between South Korea and the United States
• Who does South Korea rely on?
• Who does the United States rely on?
• Dependence of South Korea on China
• Dependence of South Korea on Australia
• Dependence of South Korea on Japan
• Dependence of South Korea on Vietnam
• Dependence of South Korea on Brazil
• Dependence of South Korea on Switzerland
• Dependence of South Korea on Mexico
• Trade profile of South Korea
• Trade profile of the United States
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.