Goods trade of South Korea: recorded partners
Largest goods exchanges among 58 partners with data for 2025, with sources and bilateral analyses.
What the recorded figures show
Within the available coverage, China records the largest exchange: 331,701.3 million USD. This does not establish the largest partner worldwide.
58 / 194 · partners with data · 2025
Goods only, calendar year, current USD. Totals combine exports and imports. They are not trade balances or measures of political affinity. Coverage is incomplete and reporting sources differ; currencies and fiscal years are not mixed.
| Partner | Million USD | Source and analysis |
|---|---|---|
| China | 331,701.3 | UN Comtrade / CHN · Read analysis |
| United States | 194,614.5 | U.S. Census Bureau · Read analysis |
| Vietnam | 94,547.9 | UN Comtrade / KOR · Read analysis |
| Australia | 34,413.6 | UN Comtrade / AUS · Read analysis |
| Germany | 34,170.8 | UN Comtrade / DEU · Read analysis |
| Saudi Arabia | 32,288.1 | UN Comtrade / KOR · Read analysis |
| Singapore | 30,927 | Comtrade · Read analysis |
| Mexico | 28,345.9 | Comtrade · Read analysis |
| Malaysia | 27,875.4 | Comtrade · Read analysis |
| France | 21,126 | UN Comtrade / FRA · Read analysis |
How to interpret this comparison
Missing data is not zero trade. Another year can have different coverage. Figures from different reporting economies can differ because of valuation, timing and partner attribution; each row links to its original source.
Page prepared: 2026-10-11. Reference period: 2025.