Korea - Agricultural raw materials imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Agricultural raw materials imports (% of merchandise imports) in Korea was 1.13 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.19 in 1965 and a minimum value of 1.13 in 2020.

Definition: Agricultural raw materials comprise SITC section 2 (crude materials except fuels) excluding divisions 22, 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
1962 22.17
1963 17.49
1964 21.67
1965 22.19
1966 18.22
1967 17.16
1968 15.34
1969 14.09
1970 15.41
1971 15.03
1972 14.90
1973 17.08
1974 13.29
1975 11.42
1976 13.42
1977 13.61
1978 12.18
1979 11.71
1980 11.26
1981 9.32
1982 9.06
1983 8.77
1984 8.59
1985 7.91
1986 8.91
1987 9.70
1988 9.97
1989 8.96
1990 8.05
1991 6.74
1992 6.42
1993 6.53
1994 5.71
1995 5.47
1996 4.53
1997 4.07
1998 3.92
1999 3.68
2000 3.19
2001 3.20
2002 2.95
2003 2.55
2004 2.25
2005 1.98
2006 1.79
2007 1.75
2008 1.58
2009 1.59
2010 1.75
2011 1.78
2012 1.58
2013 1.57
2014 1.52
2015 1.63
2016 1.58
2017 1.41
2018 1.37
2019 1.25
2020 1.13

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports