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Trade between Poland and South Korea

In 2024, Poland exported $1.1 billion to South Korea and imported $9.3 billion. Poland ran a deficit of $8.2 billion with South Korea, compared with a deficit of $4.6 billion in 2019. South Korea was Poland’s 20th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Poland was South Korea’s 27th (0.8%).

Summary

Poland → South Korea
$1.1billion
South Korea → Poland
$9.3billion
Poland’s balance
-$8.2billion

Balance

Poland’s trade balance with South Korea

Trade between Poland and South Korea grew 21.7-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Poland’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 1.1
  • Imports 9.3
  • Balance -8.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$138 million$342 million-$204 million
1996$169 million$795 million-$627 million
1997$103 million$1.3 billion-$1.2 billion
1998$32 million$1.4 billion-$1.4 billion
1999$58 million$1.3 billion-$1.3 billion
2000$64 million$897 million-$833 million
2001$51 million$551 million-$500 million
2002$51 million$569 million-$518 million
2003$81 million$636 million-$555 million
2004$98 million$1 billion-$908 million
2005$125 million$1.5 billion-$1.4 billion
2006$278 million$3.4 billion-$3.1 billion
2007$333 million$3.9 billion-$3.5 billion
2008$327 million$5.2 billion-$4.9 billion
2009$273 million$4.5 billion-$4.2 billion
2010$323 million$4.9 billion-$4.6 billion
2011$433 million$4.6 billion-$4.2 billion
2012$568 million$5 billion-$4.5 billion
2013$876 million$5 billion-$4.1 billion
2014$735 million$4.3 billion-$3.6 billion
2015$677 million$3.3 billion-$2.6 billion
2016$554 million$3.4 billion-$2.9 billion
2017$675 million$3.6 billion-$3 billion
2018$755 million$4.8 billion-$4.1 billion
2019$903 million$5.5 billion-$4.6 billion
2020$1 billion$5.3 billion-$4.3 billion
2021$1.3 billion$6.9 billion-$5.6 billion
2022$1.2 billion$8.6 billion-$7.4 billion
2023$1.1 billion$9.9 billion-$8.8 billion
2024$1.1 billion$9.3 billion-$8.2 billion

What they sell each other

What Poland sells to South Korea

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Trucks$87 million · 8%
    6 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  2. Precious metal scrap$72 million · 6.6%
    805 tonnes
  3. Slag and ash with metals$63 million · 5.8%
    698 tonnes
  4. Auto parts$49 million · 4.5%
    3 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  5. Batteries$35 million · 3.3%
    829 tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  6. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$32 million · 2.9%
    64 tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  7. Fresh milk and cream$30 million · 2.7%
    44 thousand tonnes
  8. Other electrical devices$27 million · 2.5%
    40 tonnes
  9. Technical ceramics$27 million · 2.5%
    663 tonnes
  10. Turbojets and gas turbines$25 million · 2.3%
    34 tonnes · Poland’s destinations

What South Korea sells to Poland

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Chromates, permanganates and other metal salts$1.2 billion · 13.1%
    44 thousand tonnes
  2. Armored vehicles$1.1 billion · 11.3%
    4 thousand tonnes
  3. Military weapons$658 million · 7.1%
    3 thousand tonnes
  4. Bombs, missiles and ammunition$526 million · 5.6%
    4 thousand tonnes
  5. Cars$460 million · 4.9%
    28 thousand tonnes · South Korea’s destinations
  6. Cargo and cruise ships$387 million · 4.2%
    205 thousand tonnes · South Korea’s destinations
  7. Microchips$297 million · 3.2%
    175 tonnes · South Korea’s destinations
  8. Batteries$265 million · 2.9%
    16 thousand tonnes · South Korea’s destinations
  9. Cameras and broadcast equipment$212 million · 2.3%
    602 tonnes
  10. Coated flat steel$207 million · 2.2%
    165 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Gdańsk to Busan.

The estimated sea route between Gdańsk and Busan is 15,328 nautical miles (28,388 km) long: ≈ 35.5–45.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Øresund, the Strait of Dover, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (15,328 nautical miles); and 15% via the Øresund, the Strait of Dover, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (11,817 nautical miles).

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

  1. Sea$6 billion · 57.2%
  2. Air$4.5 billion · 42.8%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

South Korea was Poland’s 20th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Poland was South Korea’s 27th (0.8%).

South Korea in Poland’s trade
1.5%
South Korea’s rank among Poland’s partners
20th
Poland in South Korea’s trade
0.8%
Poland’s rank among South Korea’s partners
27th

Compare with

Other partners of Poland

Other partners of South Korea

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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.