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

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, South Korea reported $372.1M in goods exports to Argentina. 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 | $372.1M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 77.2% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 2 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 74 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.5 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 40.6% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 854390 | Electrical machines and apparatus: parts of the electrical goods of heading no. 8543 | $32.0M | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 390690 | Acrylic polymers: (other than polymethyl methacrylate), in primary forms | $179.7M | 29.7% | High attention |
| 3 | 720270 | Ferro-alloys: ferro-molybdenum | $39.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 850300 | Electric motors and generators: parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading no. 8501 or 8502 | $69.4M | 0.8% | High attention |
| 5 | 870840 | Vehicles: parts, gear boxes | $814.6M | 72.4% | Critical attention |
| 6 | 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $1.1B | 95.4% | Critical attention |
| 7 | 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $48.6M | 61.6% | High attention |
| 8 | 300212 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: antisera and other blood fractions | $130.1M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 842199 | Machinery: parts for filtering or purifying liquids or gases | $107.5M | 26.2% | High attention |
| 10 | 390120 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | $120.6M | 54.9% | High attention |

## 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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