# Republic of Korea HS 820520 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 820520 exports from Republic of Korea: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | Republic of Korea |
| HS6 | 820520 |
| Latest exports | $804.2K |
| Active destinations | 84 |
| Three-year growth | -12.9% |
| Destination HHI | 1,053 |
| Weighted share | 7.3% |

## Destination markets

- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $129.3K; share 0.1%; growth +101.4%

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Not reported at $713.5K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Switzerland, Liechtenstein at $72.0 / ton.
- Median reported price: $7.0K / ton.
- Price spread: 10,134.7%.

## Export history

- 2010: $884.0K
- 2011: $777.0K
- 2012: $2.1M
- 2013: $753.3K
- 2014: $820.4K
- 2015: $1.0M
- 2016: $504.4K
- 2017: $735.0K
- 2018: $861.4K
- 2019: $822.3K
- 2020: $575.8K
- 2021: $845.7K
- 2022: $829.8K
- 2023: $815.1K
- 2024: $558.0K

## 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

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