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

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, South Korea reported $5.2B in goods exports to Brazil. 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 | $5.2B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 86.6% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 27 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 259 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 33.2% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 854232 | Electronic integrated circuits: memories | $1.2B | 33% | High attention |
| 2 | 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $3.0B | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 870840 | Vehicles: parts, gear boxes | $2.6B | 15.2% | High attention |
| 4 | 854239 | Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $1.2B | 58.1% | High attention |
| 5 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $1.4B | 79.5% | Critical attention |
| 6 | 380891 | Insecticides: not containing substances of 3808.50: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | $1.6B | 0.1% | High attention |
| 7 | 840733 | Engines: reciprocating piston engines, of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 250cc but not exceeding 1000cc | $99.5M | 0% | High attention |
| 8 | 300215 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $3.5B | 23.9% | High attention |
| 9 | 840734 | Engines: reciprocating piston engines, of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1000cc | $355.4M | 45.1% | High attention |
| 10 | 390330 | Styrene polymers: acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymers, in primary forms | $165.7M | 32.4% | 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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