{
  "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/550941",
  "links": {
    "product": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/product/550941",
    "exporter": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/kor/550941",
    "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": "550941",
    "exporter_iso3": "KOR",
    "first_data_year": 1995,
    "latest_data_year": 2024,
    "observed_lane_count": 48,
    "current_lane_count": 5,
    "active_market_count": 5,
    "exports_latest_observed_lanes_usd": 2644821.3017958053,
    "exports_current_2024_usd": 219947.45833160178,
    "exports_avg_3y_usd": 391937.7265640856,
    "exports_avg_5y_usd": 397964.7396683294,
    "exports_avg_10y_usd": 535614.25702527,
    "exports_cagr_3y_pct": 7.281070619727914,
    "exports_cagr_5y_pct": -24.346366726764103,
    "exports_cagr_10y_pct": -21.02873361112454,
    "exports_all_year_lane_avg_usd": 2413017.5922992714,
    "exports_historical_lane_peak_usd": 6031972.506378639,
    "historical_peak_year": 2014,
    "positive_growth_year_share_pct": 44.827586206896555,
    "trend_acceleration_pct": 28.309804230852453,
    "trend_label": "Growing",
    "top_market_iso3": "HKG",
    "top_market_exports_usd": 1830884.4300944507,
    "top_market_share_pct": 69.22526027944875,
    "destination_hhi": 4861.864000549511,
    "weighted_share_latest_pct": 39.49080294925586,
    "weighted_share_change_1y_pp": 36.51563110507755,
    "weighted_volatility_cv": 0.9161579064081424,
    "weighted_max_drawdown_pct": 18.75666800750321,
    "limited_history_lane_share_pct": 62.5,
    "data_freshness_years": 0,
    "coverage_score": 72.5,
    "confidence_label": "Medium",
    "refreshed_at": "2026-07-20 09:29:10",
    "source": "api",
    "product": {
      "hs_code": 550941,
      "hs_description": "Yarn: (not sewing thread), single, containing 85% or more by weight of synthetic staple fibres, n.e.s. in heading no. 5509, not put up for retail sale",
      "hs_chapter": 55,
      "hs_heading": 5509,
      "substitution_elasticity": -10.716835,
      "price_range_label": "Medium price range",
      "trade_type_label": "One-way trade"
    },
    "hs_description": "Yarn: (not sewing thread), single, containing 85% or more by weight of synthetic staple fibres, n.e.s. in heading no. 5509, not put up for retail sale",
    "hs_chapter": 55,
    "hs_heading": 5509,
    "destinations": [
      {
        "hs_code": 550941,
        "corridor_rank": 18,
        "exporter_iso3": "KOR",
        "importer_iso3": "IND",
        "latest_data_year": 2017,
        "lane_data_years": 13,
        "exports_latest_observed_usd": 17423.397198074294,
        "exports_all_year_avg_usd": 41214.12940696364,
        "exports_avg_3y_usd": 23156.37452675584,
        "exports_avg_5y_usd": 23156.37452675584,
        "exports_avg_10y_usd": 86819.28151560901,
        "exports_cagr_3y_pct": -56.79336284636355,
        "exports_cagr_5y_pct": -39.559189509307004,
        "exports_cagr_10y_pct": -5.967235317147246,
        "exports_historical_peak_usd": 216013.7717367845,
        "buyer_imports_latest_observed_usd": 13604571.331242075,
        "historical_peak_year": 2012,
        "positive_growth_year_share_pct": 58.333333333333336,
        "trend_acceleration_pct": -50.82612752921631,
        "trend_label": "Rapid decline",
        "buyer_yoy_latest_pct": 22.8531,
        "buyer_yoy_all_avg_pct": 167.383,
        "buyer_trend_consistency_pct": 58.6207,
        "market_share_latest_pct": 0.1137480521118311,
        "market_share_change_1y_pp": -0.06685239513880865,
        "peer_best_share_pct": 99.8653767191145,
        "peer_top_exporter": "CHN",
        "supplier_count_latest": 7,
        "buyer_market_hhi": 9973.1,
        "distance_km": 4692.671875,
        "has_reported_fta": 1,
        "applied_tariff_pct": 0.5178343248545455,
        "tariff_advantage_pp": 0.4423262793264647,
        "volatility_cv": 1.4075078396877454,
        "max_drawdown_pct": 94.18826656092992,
        "attention_level": "Watch",
        "primary_risk_reason": "Current trade remains more than 50% below its historical peak",
        "risk_driver_labels": "['high_volatility','unrecovered_drawdown','concentrated_buyer_market','dominant_supplier']",
        "signal_flag": "Growing",
        "confidence_label": "Medium",
        "refreshed_at": "2026-07-20 09:30:25"
      }
    ],
    "priceSummary": {
      "exporter_iso3": "KOR",
      "hs_code": 550941,
      "num_markets": 16,
      "highest_price_importer_iso3": "BGD",
      "highest_price_usd_per_ton": 319807.14285714284,
      "lowest_price_importer_iso3": "USA",
      "lowest_price_usd_per_ton": 900,
      "median_price_across_markets": 6403.846153846154,
      "price_spread_pct": 4979.931359931359,
      "avg_quantity_metric_tons": 16.74706818181818,
      "total_trade_value_usd": 3880323
    },
    "history": [
      {
        "year": 2010,
        "export_value_usd": 573140.7731708047,
        "active_destinations": 13,
        "yoy_growth_pct": 317.8263089849644
      },
      {
        "year": 2011,
        "export_value_usd": 279202.33433395677,
        "active_destinations": 12,
        "yoy_growth_pct": -51.28555716088442
      },
      {
        "year": 2012,
        "export_value_usd": 595717.1960317711,
        "active_destinations": 10,
        "yoy_growth_pct": 113.36397399859406
      },
      {
        "year": 2013,
        "export_value_usd": 186983.04070326887,
        "active_destinations": 9,
        "yoy_growth_pct": -68.61211293734476
      },
      {
        "year": 2014,
        "export_value_usd": 2331459.7553937025,
        "active_destinations": 13,
        "yoy_growth_pct": 1146.8830042686025
      },
      {
        "year": 2015,
        "export_value_usd": 414280.2595512312,
        "active_destinations": 9,
        "yoy_growth_pct": -82.23086379283122
      },
      {
        "year": 2016,
        "export_value_usd": 303995.5574664311,
        "active_destinations": 9,
        "yoy_growth_pct": -26.620795836196958
      },
      {
        "year": 2017,
        "export_value_usd": 492557.4379137022,
        "active_destinations": 11,
        "yoy_growth_pct": 62.02784080753981
      },
      {
        "year": 2018,
        "export_value_usd": 1267982.2726774209,
        "active_destinations": 10,
        "yoy_growth_pct": 157.42830684846462
      },
      {
        "year": 2019,
        "export_value_usd": 887503.3443022671,
        "active_destinations": 9,
        "yoy_growth_pct": -30.00664414430256
      },
      {
        "year": 2020,
        "export_value_usd": 635875.3575389485,
        "active_destinations": 10,
        "yoy_growth_pct": -28.352342374680532
      },
      {
        "year": 2021,
        "export_value_usd": 178135.16111044204,
        "active_destinations": 10,
        "yoy_growth_pct": -71.9858366897744
      },
      {
        "year": 2022,
        "export_value_usd": 492289.7646287045,
        "active_destinations": 9,
        "yoy_growth_pct": 176.35743643192922
      },
      {
        "year": 2023,
        "export_value_usd": 463575.9567319503,
        "active_destinations": 9,
        "yoy_growth_pct": -5.832704630454953
      },
      {
        "year": 2024,
        "export_value_usd": 219947.45833160178,
        "active_destinations": 5,
        "yoy_growth_pct": -52.55417043581054
      }
    ],
    "economy": {
      "year": 2024,
      "country_iso3": "KOR",
      "exports_usd": 719146445390.6676,
      "imports_usd": 602781511915.9164,
      "trade_balance_usd": 116364933474.75122,
      "yoy_exports_growth_pct": 8.99738243181556,
      "yoy_imports_growth_pct": -2.0488493611390823,
      "exports_cagr_3y_pct": 2.3762912989319096,
      "imports_cagr_3y_pct": 0.5600101180488037,
      "export_partner_hhi": 1005.4152216058833,
      "export_product_hhi": 224.2651640980364,
      "momentum_score": 7.011055091950464,
      "risk_score": 6.148401928519599,
      "gdp_million_usd": 1875388.209406803,
      "gdp_per_capita_usd": 36238.63990831499,
      "population": 51751065,
      "labor_force": 28232.98,
      "investment_rate_pct": 32.11,
      "savings_rate_pct": 33.94,
      "secondary_education_pct": 97.7,
      "tertiary_education_pct": 60.3,
      "total_factor_productivity": 1485.56,
      "trade_openness_pct": 81.8058450718175,
      "exports_gdp_pct": 44.50347113880819,
      "num_active_partners": 270,
      "num_fta_partners": 58,
      "num_wto_partners": 169,
      "num_eu_partners": 28,
      "num_shared_border_partners": 1,
      "num_shared_language_partners": 1,
      "avg_partner_distance_km": 9523.444444444445,
      "avg_partner_gdp_million_usd": 533678518.3258193,
      "avg_partner_gdp_per_capita_usd": 15.774186170212769,
      "avg_buyer_biz_entry_days": null,
      "avg_buyer_biz_entry_cost_pct": null,
      "pct_partners_with_fta": 21.48148148148148,
      "pct_partners_shared_language": 0.3703703703703704,
      "pct_partners_shared_border": 0.3703703703703704,
      "avg_applied_tariff_pct": 0.1325559179132643,
      "avg_mfn_tariff_pct": 0.13730118197136373,
      "avg_preferential_tariff_pct": 0.040044337595312784,
      "tariff_advantage_pp": 0.09725684437605095,
      "avg_distance_all_partners_km": 9624.182081122517,
      "num_border_partners": 20,
      "num_colonial_partners": 25,
      "avg_substitution_elasticity": -10.797487279973065,
      "pct_products_high_elasticity": 75.69542668552569,
      "pct_products_low_elasticity": 2.710985384252711,
      "real_market_potential": 193723.88455191866,
      "foreign_market_potential": 21832.519125198414
    },
    "countryMap": {}
  },
  "product": {
    "hs_code": "550941",
    "hs_description": "Yarn: (not sewing thread), single, containing 85% or more by weight of synthetic staple fibres, n.e.s. in heading no. 5509, not put up for retail sale",
    "hs_chapter": 55,
    "hs_heading": 5509
  },
  "destinations": [
    {
      "hs_code": 550941,
      "corridor_rank": 18,
      "exporter_iso3": "KOR",
      "importer_iso3": "IND",
      "latest_data_year": 2017,
      "lane_data_years": 13,
      "exports_latest_observed_usd": 17423.397198074294,
      "exports_all_year_avg_usd": 41214.12940696364,
      "exports_avg_3y_usd": 23156.37452675584,
      "exports_avg_5y_usd": 23156.37452675584,
      "exports_avg_10y_usd": 86819.28151560901,
      "exports_cagr_3y_pct": -56.79336284636355,
      "exports_cagr_5y_pct": -39.559189509307004,
      "exports_cagr_10y_pct": -5.967235317147246,
      "exports_historical_peak_usd": 216013.7717367845,
      "buyer_imports_latest_observed_usd": 13604571.331242075,
      "historical_peak_year": 2012,
      "positive_growth_year_share_pct": 58.333333333333336,
      "trend_acceleration_pct": -50.82612752921631,
      "trend_label": "Rapid decline",
      "buyer_yoy_latest_pct": 22.8531,
      "buyer_yoy_all_avg_pct": 167.383,
      "buyer_trend_consistency_pct": 58.6207,
      "market_share_latest_pct": 0.1137480521118311,
      "market_share_change_1y_pp": -0.06685239513880865,
      "peer_best_share_pct": 99.8653767191145,
      "peer_top_exporter": "CHN",
      "supplier_count_latest": 7,
      "buyer_market_hhi": 9973.1,
      "distance_km": 4692.671875,
      "has_reported_fta": 1,
      "applied_tariff_pct": 0.5178343248545455,
      "tariff_advantage_pp": 0.4423262793264647,
      "volatility_cv": 1.4075078396877454,
      "max_drawdown_pct": 94.18826656092992,
      "attention_level": "Watch",
      "primary_risk_reason": "Current trade remains more than 50% below its historical peak",
      "risk_driver_labels": "['high_volatility','unrecovered_drawdown','concentrated_buyer_market','dominant_supplier']",
      "signal_flag": "Growing",
      "confidence_label": "Medium",
      "refreshed_at": "2026-07-20 09:30:25"
    }
  ],
  "prices": [],
  "priceSummary": {
    "exporter_iso3": "KOR",
    "hs_code": 550941,
    "num_markets": 16,
    "highest_price_importer_iso3": "BGD",
    "highest_price_usd_per_ton": 319807.14285714284,
    "lowest_price_importer_iso3": "USA",
    "lowest_price_usd_per_ton": 900,
    "median_price_across_markets": 6403.846153846154,
    "price_spread_pct": 4979.931359931359,
    "avg_quantity_metric_tons": 16.74706818181818,
    "total_trade_value_usd": 3880323
  },
  "history": [
    {
      "year": 2010,
      "export_value_usd": 573140.7731708047,
      "active_destinations": 13,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 317.8263089849644
    },
    {
      "year": 2011,
      "export_value_usd": 279202.33433395677,
      "active_destinations": 12,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -51.28555716088442
    },
    {
      "year": 2012,
      "export_value_usd": 595717.1960317711,
      "active_destinations": 10,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 113.36397399859406
    },
    {
      "year": 2013,
      "export_value_usd": 186983.04070326887,
      "active_destinations": 9,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -68.61211293734476
    },
    {
      "year": 2014,
      "export_value_usd": 2331459.7553937025,
      "active_destinations": 13,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 1146.8830042686025
    },
    {
      "year": 2015,
      "export_value_usd": 414280.2595512312,
      "active_destinations": 9,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -82.23086379283122
    },
    {
      "year": 2016,
      "export_value_usd": 303995.5574664311,
      "active_destinations": 9,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -26.620795836196958
    },
    {
      "year": 2017,
      "export_value_usd": 492557.4379137022,
      "active_destinations": 11,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 62.02784080753981
    },
    {
      "year": 2018,
      "export_value_usd": 1267982.2726774209,
      "active_destinations": 10,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 157.42830684846462
    },
    {
      "year": 2019,
      "export_value_usd": 887503.3443022671,
      "active_destinations": 9,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -30.00664414430256
    },
    {
      "year": 2020,
      "export_value_usd": 635875.3575389485,
      "active_destinations": 10,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -28.352342374680532
    },
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "export_value_usd": 178135.16111044204,
      "active_destinations": 10,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -71.9858366897744
    },
    {
      "year": 2022,
      "export_value_usd": 492289.7646287045,
      "active_destinations": 9,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 176.35743643192922
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "export_value_usd": 463575.9567319503,
      "active_destinations": 9,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -5.832704630454953
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "export_value_usd": 219947.45833160178,
      "active_destinations": 5,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -52.55417043581054
    }
  ],
  "economy": {
    "year": 2024,
    "country_iso3": "KOR",
    "exports_usd": 719146445390.6676,
    "imports_usd": 602781511915.9164,
    "trade_balance_usd": 116364933474.75122,
    "yoy_exports_growth_pct": 8.99738243181556,
    "yoy_imports_growth_pct": -2.0488493611390823,
    "exports_cagr_3y_pct": 2.3762912989319096,
    "imports_cagr_3y_pct": 0.5600101180488037,
    "export_partner_hhi": 1005.4152216058833,
    "export_product_hhi": 224.2651640980364,
    "momentum_score": 7.011055091950464,
    "risk_score": 6.148401928519599,
    "gdp_million_usd": 1875388.209406803,
    "gdp_per_capita_usd": 36238.63990831499,
    "population": 51751065,
    "labor_force": 28232.98,
    "investment_rate_pct": 32.11,
    "savings_rate_pct": 33.94,
    "secondary_education_pct": 97.7,
    "tertiary_education_pct": 60.3,
    "total_factor_productivity": 1485.56,
    "trade_openness_pct": 81.8058450718175,
    "exports_gdp_pct": 44.50347113880819,
    "num_active_partners": 270,
    "num_fta_partners": 58,
    "num_wto_partners": 169,
    "num_eu_partners": 28,
    "num_shared_border_partners": 1,
    "num_shared_language_partners": 1,
    "avg_partner_distance_km": 9523.444444444445,
    "avg_partner_gdp_million_usd": 533678518.3258193,
    "avg_partner_gdp_per_capita_usd": 15.774186170212769,
    "avg_buyer_biz_entry_days": null,
    "avg_buyer_biz_entry_cost_pct": null,
    "pct_partners_with_fta": 21.48148148148148,
    "pct_partners_shared_language": 0.3703703703703704,
    "pct_partners_shared_border": 0.3703703703703704,
    "avg_applied_tariff_pct": 0.1325559179132643,
    "avg_mfn_tariff_pct": 0.13730118197136373,
    "avg_preferential_tariff_pct": 0.040044337595312784,
    "tariff_advantage_pp": 0.09725684437605095,
    "avg_distance_all_partners_km": 9624.182081122517,
    "num_border_partners": 20,
    "num_colonial_partners": 25,
    "avg_substitution_elasticity": -10.797487279973065,
    "pct_products_high_elasticity": 75.69542668552569,
    "pct_products_low_elasticity": 2.710985384252711,
    "real_market_potential": 193723.88455191866,
    "foreign_market_potential": 21832.519125198414
  }
}