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

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, South Korea reported $1.2B in goods exports to Greece. 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 | 77.5% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 5 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 15 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.9 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 62.1% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 890120 | Tankers | $566.8M | 78.6% | Critical attention |
| 2 | 890190 | Vessels: n.e.s. in heading no. 8901, for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goods | $344.9M | 64.7% | Critical attention |
| 3 | 870321 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity not exceeding 1000cc | $334.1M | 49.3% | Stable |
| 4 | 720836 | Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness exceeding 10mm | $93.5M | 51.2% | Critical attention |
| 5 | 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $696.9M | 82.6% | Watch |
| 6 | 850710 | Electric accumulators: lead-acid, of a kind used for starting piston engines, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $97.9M | 0% | Stable |
| 7 | 870340 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $636.5M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 390120 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | $176.5M | 19.7% | Watch |
| 9 | 720851 | Iron or non-alloy steel: (not in coils), flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, without patterns in relief, of a thickness exceeding 10mm | $187.1M | 56.2% | Critical attention |
| 10 | 291736 | Acids: aromatic polycarboxylic acids: terephthalic acid and its salts | $24.1M | 68.8% | Critical 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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