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

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, South Korea reported $20.8M in goods exports to Zambia. 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 | $20.8M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 76.6% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 5 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.2 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 26.3% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 382200 | Reagents: diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing and prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading no. 3002 or 3006: certified reference material | $59.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $37.1M | 24.1% | High attention |
| 3 | 340211 | Organic surface-active agents: anionic (other than soap), whether or not put up for retail sale | $11.4M | 54.4% | High attention |
| 4 | 390120 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | $28.8M | 63.8% | High attention |
| 5 | 360300 | Fuses and detonators: safety or detonating fuses, percussion or detonating caps, igniters, electric detonators | $21.0M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 843041 | Boring or sinking machinery: self-propelled, n.e.s. in heading no. 8430 | $46.7M | 0% | Watch |
| 7 | 848180 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves | $28.8M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $141.9M | 90% | Watch |
| 9 | 842959 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: n.e.c. in item no. 8429.50 | $37.4M | 81% | Watch |
| 10 | 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $87.4M | 59.1% | 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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