# Republic of Korea HS 740939 exports | Yugalinks Explore reported HS 740939 exports from Republic of Korea: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history. ## Exporter position | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Exporter | Republic of Korea | | HS6 | 740939 | | Latest exports | $5.4M | | Active destinations | 13 | | Three-year growth | +0.2% | | Destination HHI | 4,407 | | Weighted share | 26.8% | ## Destination markets - Viet Nam: $3.2M; share 23.3%; growth -0.2% ## Price intelligence - Highest reported market price: Japan at $1.7M / ton. - Lowest reported market price: Nicaragua at $1.0K / ton. - Median reported price: $16.6K / ton. - Price spread: 9,986%. ## Export history - 2010: $3.6M - 2011: $1.6M - 2012: $1.8M - 2013: $3.3M - 2014: $2.9M - 2015: $2.2M - 2016: $1.7M - 2017: $2.1M - 2018: $5.6M - 2019: $2.8M - 2020: $2.3M - 2021: $5.1M - 2022: $6.1M - 2023: $3.3M - 2024: $5.1M ## 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/740939", "links": { "product": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/product/740939", "exporter": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/kor/740939", "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": "740939", "exporter_iso3": "KOR", "first_data_year": 1995, "latest_data_year": 2024, "observed_lane_count": 72, "current_lane_count": 13, "active_market_count": 13, "exports_latest_observed_lanes_usd": 5396017.21500314, "exports_current_2024_usd": 5089760.02409541, "exports_avg_3y_usd": 4815000.3502893, "exports_avg_5y_usd": 4358387.756549226, "exports_avg_10y_usd": 3609155.537550549, "exports_cagr_3y_pct": 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exceeding 0.15mm, of copper-tin base alloys, not in coils", "hs_chapter": 74, "hs_heading": 7409, "substitution_elasticity": -29.426991, "price_range_label": "Low price range", "trade_type_label": "One-way trade" }, "hs_description": "Copper: plates and sheets, of a thickness exceeding 0.15mm, of copper-tin base alloys, not in coils", "hs_chapter": 74, "hs_heading": 7409, "destinations": [ { "hs_code": 740939, "corridor_rank": 4, "exporter_iso3": "KOR", "importer_iso3": "VNM", "latest_data_year": 2024, "lane_data_years": 21, "exports_latest_observed_usd": 3193035.303505028, "exports_all_year_avg_usd": 879939.6067354432, "exports_avg_3y_usd": 2529682.763465684, "exports_avg_5y_usd": 2529443.500346984, "exports_avg_10y_usd": 1806911.3780287604, "exports_cagr_3y_pct": -0.24409548170537532, "exports_cagr_5y_pct": 11.144175235351517, "exports_cagr_10y_pct": 44.937653126433766, "exports_historical_peak_usd": 3411380.48627543, "buyer_imports_latest_observed_usd": 13698969.089635327, 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