Summary
- Kazakhstan → South Korea
- $1.3billion
- South Korea → Kazakhstan
- $2billion
- Kazakhstan’s balance
- -$737million
Balance
Kazakhstan’s trade balance with South Korea
Trade between Kazakhstan and South Korea grew 25.8-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Kazakhstan’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.3
- Imports 2
- Balance -0.7
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $73 million | $53 million | $21 million |
| 1996 | $125 million | $105 million | $19 million |
| 1997 | $83 million | $92 million | -$9 million |
| 1998 | $43 million | $126 million | -$83 million |
| 1999 | $51 million | $57 million | -$5 million |
| 2000 | $49 million | $83 million | -$33 million |
| 2001 | $80 million | $137 million | -$57 million |
| 2002 | $88 million | $129 million | -$40 million |
| 2003 | $158 million | $151 million | $7 million |
| 2004 | $216 million | $301 million | -$85 million |
| 2005 | $235 million | $295 million | -$60 million |
| 2006 | $262 million | $392 million | -$131 million |
| 2007 | $251 million | $644 million | -$394 million |
| 2008 | $334 million | $439 million | -$105 million |
| 2009 | $173 million | $397 million | -$224 million |
| 2010 | $374 million | $613 million | -$239 million |
| 2011 | $389 million | $747 million | -$359 million |
| 2012 | $317 million | $961 million | -$644 million |
| 2013 | $246 million | $1.3 billion | -$1 billion |
| 2014 | $518 million | $1.1 billion | -$560 million |
| 2015 | $592 million | $615 million | -$23 million |
| 2016 | $290 million | $464 million | -$173 million |
| 2017 | $1.2 billion | $587 million | $585 million |
| 2018 | $1.2 billion | $912 million | $332 million |
| 2019 | $2.4 billion | $3.2 billion | -$823 million |
| 2020 | $1.1 billion | $2 billion | -$890 million |
| 2021 | $2.3 billion | $734 million | $1.5 billion |
| 2022 | $4.5 billion | $1.7 billion | $2.8 billion |
| 2023 | $3.6 billion | $2.2 billion | $1.4 billion |
| 2024 | $1.3 billion | $2 billion | -$737 million |
What they sell each other
What Kazakhstan sells to South Korea
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What South Korea sells to Kazakhstan
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Novorossiysk (Russia) and Busan is 15,703 nautical miles (29,082 km) long: ≈ 36.5–46.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Bosporus, the Dardanelles, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (15,703 nautical miles); and 15% via the Bosporus, the Dardanelles, the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (8,926 nautical miles).
Kazakhstan is landlocked: it ships through Novorossiysk (Russia).
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 Kazakhstan’s 13th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Kazakhstan was South Korea’s 45th (0.2%).
- South Korea in Kazakhstan’s trade
- 2.1%
- South Korea’s rank among Kazakhstan’s partners
- 13th
- Kazakhstan in South Korea’s trade
- 0.2%
- Kazakhstan’s rank among South Korea’s partners
- 45th
Compare with
Other partners of Kazakhstan
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.