# Argentina exports to South Korea: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Argentina to South Korea, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/ARG-KOR/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Argentina reported $1.2B in goods exports to South Korea. The overall review level is Critical attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $1.2B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 96.1% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 2 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 15 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.2 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 43.9% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $2.4B | 56.6% | Critical attention |
| 2 | 150710 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | $262.7M | 38.9% | High attention |
| 3 | 261610 | Silver ores and concentrates | $373.6M | 22.4% | High attention |
| 4 | 283691 | Carbonates: lithium carbonate | $401.6M | 8.4% | High attention |
| 5 | 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $768.9M | 76.7% | Critical attention |
| 6 | 030743 | Molluscs: cuttle fish and squid, whether in shell or not, frozen | $365.4M | 14.3% | High attention |
| 7 | 300230 | Vaccines: for veterinary medicine | $93.4M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 030617 | Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $489.5M | 3.4% | High attention |
| 9 | 391390 | Polymers, natural and modified natural: in primary forms (excluding alginic acid, its salts and esters) | $222.0M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 030389 | Fish: frozen, n.e.c. in heading 0303, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $340.9M | 0% | Watch |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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