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

Understand reported exports from Estonia 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/EST-KOR/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Estonia reported $71.7M in goods exports to South Korea. The overall review level is High 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 | $71.7M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 69.2% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 5 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.7 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 18.7% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 851761 | Base stations | $99.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 441233 | Plywood: with sheets of wood only: not bamboo: each ply 6mm or less, with at least one outer ply of alder, ash, beech, birch, cherry, chestnut, elm, eucalyptus, hickory, horse chestnut, lime, maple, oak, plane, poplar, aspen, robinia, tulipwood or walnut | $189.5M | 18.5% | High attention |
| 3 | 902519 | Thermometers and pyrometers: (other than liquid filled, for direct reading), not combined with other instruments | $218.5M | 50.6% | Watch |
| 4 | 440712 | Wood: coniferous species, of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $187.9M | 14.8% | Stable |
| 5 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $1.7B | 0% | Watch |
| 6 | 210220 | Yeasts: inactive, other single-cell micro-organisms, dead | $23.6M | 21.2% | Watch |
| 7 | 440910 | Wood: coniferous (including unassembled strips and friezes for parquet flooring), continuously shaped along any edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed | $14.2M | 78.7% | High attention |
| 8 | 270300 | Peat: (including peat litter), whether or not agglomerated | $18.0M | 35.9% | High attention |
| 9 | 440711 | Wood: coniferous species, of pine (Pinus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $168.1M | 79.2% | High attention |
| 10 | 470500 | Wood pulp: obtained by a combination of mechanical and chemical pulping processes | $122.1M | 87% | 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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