# Republic of Korea HS 291821 exports | Yugalinks Explore reported HS 291821 exports from Republic of Korea: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history. ## Exporter position | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Exporter | Republic of Korea | | HS6 | 291821 | | Latest exports | $957.2K | | Active destinations | 24 | | Three-year growth | -19.6% | | Destination HHI | 980 | | Weighted share | 18.1% | ## Destination markets - USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $27.3K; share 0.1%; growth -44.5% ## Price intelligence - Highest reported market price: Peru at $182.8K / ton. - Lowest reported market price: United Arab Emirates at $2.7K / ton. - Median reported price: $32.0K / ton. - Price spread: 562.8%. ## Export history - 2010: $216.6K - 2011: $247.0K - 2012: $593.6K - 2013: $399.3K - 2014: $839.1K - 2015: $234.1K - 2016: $286.2K - 2017: $4.2M - 2018: $2.5M - 2019: $509.3K - 2020: $403.5K - 2021: $1.3M - 2022: $884.9K - 2023: $744.5K - 2024: $670.3K ## Methods Reported exporter totals are combined with destination, price, history, and country-context observations. Growth, concentration, weighted share, volatility, drawdown, and price-position values are calculated indicators rather than additional reported trade. Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed. ## Complete structured values ```json { "template": "T3", "templateName": "Product Exporter Position Profile", "source": "api", "publisher": { "name": "Yugalinks", "url": "https://www.yugalinks.com" }, "canonical": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/kor/291821", "links": { "product": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/product/291821", "exporter": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/kor/291821", "methodology": "https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology" }, "methodology": { "summary": "Reported exporter totals are combined with destination, price, history, and country-context observations. Growth, concentration, weighted share, volatility, drawdown, and price-position values are calculated indicators rather than additional reported trade.", "reportedValues": "Merchandise trade observations for an exporter, HS6 product, destination market, and available year.", "destinations": "Destination rows are ranked by latest observed exporter-lane value.", "prices": "Unit values are reported trade value divided by reported quantity where quantity is positive.", "missingData": "Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed." }, "exporter": { "hs_code": "291821", "exporter_iso3": "KOR", "first_data_year": 1995, "latest_data_year": 2024, "observed_lane_count": 65, "current_lane_count": 24, "active_market_count": 24, "exports_latest_observed_lanes_usd": 957199.6621930365, "exports_current_2024_usd": 670339.5465386297, "exports_avg_3y_usd": 766596.7950674944, "exports_avg_5y_usd": 798879.5502012235, "exports_avg_10y_usd": 1170919.050808945, "exports_cagr_3y_pct": 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