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

Understand reported exports from Russia 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/RUS-KOR/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Russia reported $6.2B in goods exports to South Korea. 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 | $6.2B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 53.8% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 9 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 50 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.9 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 34.7% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 270112 | Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | $12.4B | 58.1% | High attention |
| 2 | 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $27.1B | 15.7% | Stable |
| 3 | 284420 | Uranium: enriched in U235, plutonium, their compounds, alloys dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U235, plutonium or compounds of these products | $1.9B | 0% | Stable |
| 4 | 760110 | Aluminium: unwrought, (not alloyed) | $2.7B | 0% | Stable |
| 5 | 760120 | Aluminium: unwrought, alloys | $1.2B | 19.1% | Stable |
| 6 | 030633 | Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, crabs, whether in shell or not | $300.1M | 23.5% | High attention |
| 7 | 270111 | Coal: anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | $626.5M | 72% | High attention |
| 8 | 030367 | Fish: frozen, Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $130.0M | 59.9% | Critical attention |
| 9 | 030391 | Fish: frozen, livers, roes and milt | $152.2M | 46.4% | High attention |
| 10 | 441233 | Plywood: with sheets of wood only: not bamboo: each ply 6mm or less, with at least one outer ply of alder, ash, beech, birch, cherry, chestnut, elm, eucalyptus, hickory, horse chestnut, lime, maple, oak, plane, poplar, aspen, robinia, tulipwood or walnut | $189.5M | 0% | 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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