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

Understand reported exports from Pakistan 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/PAK-KOR/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Pakistan reported $239.0M in goods exports to South Korea. The overall review level is Watch.

## 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 | $239.0M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 41.1% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 20 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 46.1% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 271012 | Not reported | $18.4B | 79.3% | Watch |
| 2 | 170310 | Sugars: molasses, from sugar cane, resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar | $78.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 520812 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, unbleached, plain weave, weighing more than 100g/m2 but not more than 200g/m2 | $62.8M | 65.4% | High attention |
| 4 | 120740 | Oil seeds: sesamum seeds, whether or not broken | $166.1M | 3.9% | Watch |
| 5 | 252610 | Steatite: natural, (not crushed or powdered), whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape: talc | $11.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 611020 | Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles: of cotton, knitted or crocheted | $528.0M | 37.3% | Watch |
| 7 | 030614 | Crustaceans: crabs, frozen (whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked by steaming or by boiling in water) | $150.7M | 34.6% | High attention |
| 8 | 520523 | Cotton yarn: (not sewing thread), single, of combed fibres, 85% or more by weight of cotton, less than 232.56 but not less than 192.31 decitex (exceeding 43 but not exceeding 52 metric number), not for retail sale | $64.4M | 77.6% | High attention |
| 9 | 220720 | Ethyl alcohol and other spirits: denatured, of any strength | $122.3M | 85.1% | High attention |
| 10 | 950662 | Balls: inflatable | $16.1M | 15.7% | 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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