Summary
- Argentina → South Korea
- $1.2billion
- South Korea → Argentina
- $511million
- Argentina’s balance
- $668million
Balance
Argentina’s trade balance with South Korea
Trade between Argentina and South Korea grew 3.1-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Argentina’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.2
- Imports 0.5
- Balance +0.7
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $159 million | $377 million | -$218 million |
| 1996 | $260 million | $411 million | -$151 million |
| 1997 | $260 million | $686 million | -$426 million |
| 1998 | $139 million | $673 million | -$534 million |
| 1999 | $187 million | $572 million | -$385 million |
| 2000 | $176 million | $544 million | -$368 million |
| 2001 | $395 million | $417 million | -$23 million |
| 2002 | $377 million | $71 million | $305 million |
| 2003 | $440 million | $219 million | $221 million |
| 2004 | $419 million | $313 million | $106 million |
| 2005 | $379 million | $382 million | -$2 million |
| 2006 | $502 million | $444 million | $57 million |
| 2007 | $700 million | $534 million | $166 million |
| 2008 | $669 million | $738 million | -$70 million |
| 2009 | $619 million | $629 million | -$11 million |
| 2010 | $795 million | $987 million | -$192 million |
| 2011 | $967 million | $1.2 billion | -$232 million |
| 2012 | $1.3 billion | $1.1 billion | $194 million |
| 2013 | $1.1 billion | $1.2 billion | -$142 million |
| 2014 | $505 million | $924 million | -$419 million |
| 2015 | $636 million | $1.1 billion | -$487 million |
| 2016 | $853 million | $900 million | -$47 million |
| 2017 | $531 million | $854 million | -$323 million |
| 2018 | $343 million | $643 million | -$299 million |
| 2019 | $840 million | $506 million | $334 million |
| 2020 | $813 million | $387 million | $426 million |
| 2021 | $1.7 billion | $663 million | $1.1 billion |
| 2022 | $2.2 billion | $769 million | $1.4 billion |
| 2023 | $1.4 billion | $682 million | $715 million |
| 2024 | $1.2 billion | $511 million | $668 million |
What they sell each other
What Argentina sells to South Korea
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What South Korea sells to Argentina
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Buenos Aires and Busan is 11,929 nautical miles (22,093 km) long: ≈ 27.5–35.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Cape of Good Hope; and Strait of Malacca and Singapore.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
South Korea was Argentina’s 18th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Argentina was South Korea’s 60th (0.1%).
- South Korea in Argentina’s trade
- 1.2%
- South Korea’s rank among Argentina’s partners
- 18th
- Argentina in South Korea’s trade
- 0.1%
- Argentina’s rank among South Korea’s partners
- 60th
Compare with
Other partners of Argentina
Other partners of South Korea
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.