Trade route overview
See the latest reported exports, the products that need a closer look, and the conditions that may make this route harder to plan.
What this page shows
In 2024, Singapore reported $14.8B in goods exports to South Korea. 180 product types are marked for closer review, covering 37.7% of reported exports. This is not a forecast and does not mean trade will stop. It shows where to look more closely at demand, annual changes, product mix, tariffs, and buyer-market conditions.
How to read this page
This page separates the size of the trade from the conditions worth checking and the product types that make up the route.
This is the reported value of goods exported from Singapore to South Korea in the latest available year.
$14.8B in 2024It marks product types where one or more conditions deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction, a guaranteed loss, or a warning that trade will stop.
37.7% needs reviewEach row is one HS6 product code. HS6 is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.
946 product typesStart with the products
Compare the products, their buyer-market size, and the conditions that deserve a closer look.
Export history
The latest twelve years of reported exports from Singapore to South Korea. Bar lengths are relative to the highest year shown.
Why this route needs review
A dollar amount can appear in more than one row. These rows show the conditions linked to the route; they are not separate losses.
How to read the numbers
These measures describe yearly swings, the gap from the route's highest year, and how concentrated the product mix is.
Largest product
Product code HS6 854231 makes up 18.9% of exports from Singapore to South Korea. The main reason to review it is: Some product types remain below their previous high.
See product rowsProducts to review
Each row is one six-digit HS6 product code. Compare the buyer market's imports, the product's fall from its highest year, annual variation, and review level.
| Rank | Product and code | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Yearly variation | Review level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuitsHS6 854231 - six-digit product code | $22.4B | 8.4% | 0.5 | Stable |
| 2 | Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuitsHS6 848620 - six-digit product code | $12.1B | 4.8% | 1.3 | Watch |
| 3 | Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542HS6 854239 - six-digit product code | $15.9B | 66.3% | 0.7 | Critical attention |
| 4 | Electronic integrated circuits: memoriesHS6 854232 - six-digit product code | $20.9B | 0% | 0.6 | High attention |
| 5 | Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture or repair of masks and reticles, assembling semiconductor devices or electronic integrated circuits, or for lifting, handling, loading or unloading items of heading 8486HS6 848640 - six-digit product code | $1.6B | 23.3% | 1.2 | High attention |
| 6 | Product 271019HS6 271019 - six-digit product code | $5.6B | 63.5% | 0.9 | Watch |
| 7 | Digital processing units: other than those of subheadings 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output unitsHS6 847150 - six-digit product code | $2.5B | 36% | 0.7 | Stable |
| 8 | Machines and apparatus of heading 8486: parts and accessoriesHS6 848690 - six-digit product code | $4.4B | 0% | 1.3 | Watch |
| 9 | Chemical elements: doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms: chemical compounds doped for use in electronicsHS6 381800 - six-digit product code | $2.2B | 21.6% | 0.9 | Stable |
| 10 | Radar apparatusHS6 852610 - six-digit product code | $440.2M | 0% | 1.5 | High attention |
Buyer-market imports are total imports of that product into the buyer market, not only exports from Singapore. "Below product high" compares current exports with that product's highest reported year. Yearly variation is a calculated measure. Swipe sideways on a small screen to see every column.
Trade route conditions
Distance, tariffs, trade agreements, the buyer economy, and business rules add context to the export total.
Questions about this page
Definitions and limits for the figures above.
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.
Singapore reported $14.8B in goods exports to South Korea in 2024.
37.7% of reported route exports are linked to product types marked for closer review. This points to where to investigate further.
An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.
The page shows yearly export changes, product concentration, tariffs, distance, trade-agreement coverage, buyer-economy context, and business setup time where reported.
No. These are reported or calculated observations, not forecasts or guarantees.
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Data source
OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). OECD BIMTS is the primary trade series for this view. Supporting bilateral trade context uses CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601) under Etalab 2.0 Open Licence. Yugalinks presents derived views of reported observations and calculated indicators. Data terms: OECD Terms & Conditions.