# Democratic People's Republic of Korea to Thailand HS 760200 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for aluminium: waste and scrap. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 91/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $1.5B
- Buyer market growth: +48.5%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 37.6%

## What the signal means

The signal points to a newly observed exporter-to-buyer relationship in the available reporting. It is a prompt for market research, not a forecast, order, or guarantee of commercial access. Compare demand, suppliers, access, and route history together before acting.

## Market opportunity

- Latest buyer imports: $1.5B
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $2.9B
- Supplier countries observed: 114
- Average buyer imports: $202.4M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $1.5B
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +25.3%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +48.5%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
- Top supplier share: 37.7%
- Market concentration: 1,637
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 37.6%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: Not reported
- MFN tariff: Not reported
- Preferential tariff: Not reported
- Approximate distance: 3,750 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 6 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $7.2K
- GDP per-person growth: +16.9%
- Population: 69,951k
- GDP: $506.0B
- GDP five-year CAGR: Not reported
- Investment rate: 25.5%
- Savings rate: 30.7%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $36.2K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Democratic People's Republic of Korea to Thailand route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 760200 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $2.8M | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $1.1M | -60.8% |
| 1997 | $9.8M | +787.6% |
| 1998 | $1.3M | -87.2% |
| 1999 | $3.0M | +137.7% |
| 2000 | $18.0M | +503.3% |
| 2001 | $22.4M | +24.6% |
| 2002 | $41.4M | +84.6% |
| 2003 | $47.2M | +13.9% |
| 2004 | $84.4M | +78.9% |
| 2005 | $123.0M | +45.8% |
| 2006 | $136.7M | +11.1% |
| 2007 | $31.7M | -76.8% |
| 2008 | $26.1M | -17.8% |
| 2009 | $12.7M | -51.2% |
| 2010 | $19.9M | +55.7% |
| 2011 | $11.7M | -41.3% |
| 2012 | $20.4M | +74.7% |
| 2013 | $12.9M | -36.7% |
| 2014 | $17.6M | +36.8% |
| 2015 | $6.6M | -62.8% |
| 2016 | $2.1M | -67.5% |
| 2017 | $475.0K | -77.7% |
| 2018 | $312.3K | -34.3% |
| 2019 | $8.7K | -97.2% |
| 2020 | $37.6K | +333.5% |
| 2021 | $240.7K | +540.8% |
| 2022 | $3.2K | -98.7% |
| 2023 | $105.9K | +3238.3% |
| 2024 | $102.3K | -3.4% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 392321 | New corridor | $3.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/prk-usa-392321) |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea to Spain | HS 850760 | New corridor | $1.9B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/prk-esp-850760) |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea to Poland | HS 760120 | New corridor | $1.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/prk-pol-760120) |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea to Spain | HS 330300 | New corridor | $1.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/prk-esp-330300) |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea to CHN | HS 260900 | New corridor | $1.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/prk-chn-260900) |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea to India | HS 390140 | New corridor | $694.8M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/prk-ind-390140) |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea to Indonesia + Timor-Leste | HS 382499 | New corridor | $607.8M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/prk-idn-382499) |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea to Belgium | HS 847989 | New corridor | $554.8M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/prk-bel-847989) |

## Frequently asked questions

### What does a new corridor signal mean?

It identifies an exporter, buyer market, and HS6 combination included in the available new-corridor signal set for 2024. It is a research prompt, not a guarantee of demand or sales.

### Is the market opportunity reported trade?

Reported buyer imports and exporter share are observations. Any projection or share-gap measure is calculated from the available data and should not be treated as an order or forecast.

### What should exporters check next?

Validate product fit, buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, competition, and the depth of product-level history before pursuing the route.

## Method

The signal is a calculated research indicator based on available reported trade observations. It is not a confirmed order, sales forecast, or guarantee of market entry. Validate buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-09-02). [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)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.