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

Understand reported exports from Thailand 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/THA-KOR/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Thailand reported $6.3B 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 | $6.3B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 56.3% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 5 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 264 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.2 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 26.2% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 854239 | Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $15.9B | 7.9% | High attention |
| 2 | 271019 | Not reported | $5.6B | 46.8% | Watch |
| 3 | 401110 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | $722.3M | 0% | Watch |
| 4 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $1.7B | 0% | Watch |
| 5 | 400122 | Rubber: technically specified natural rubber (TSNR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip (excluding latex and smoked sheets) | $534.6M | 70.1% | High attention |
| 6 | 170114 | Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $670.8M | 41.8% | Watch |
| 7 | 441011 | Particle board of wood, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances | $166.2M | 26.4% | High attention |
| 8 | 720421 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of stainless steel | $418.4M | 9.2% | Watch |
| 9 | 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $22.4B | 51% | Watch |
| 10 | 160232 | Meat preparations: of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus) | $150.4M | 12.3% | 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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