Korea - Ores and metals imports
Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports)
The value for Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) in Korea was 7.19 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.85 in 2011 and a minimum value of 2.60 in 1962.
Definition: Ores and metals comprise commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals).
Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1962 | 2.60 |
| 1963 | 3.03 |
| 1964 | 3.08 |
| 1965 | 4.18 |
| 1966 | 4.00 |
| 1967 | 4.57 |
| 1968 | 4.07 |
| 1969 | 4.90 |
| 1970 | 5.75 |
| 1971 | 4.62 |
| 1972 | 3.62 |
| 1973 | 4.92 |
| 1974 | 6.25 |
| 1975 | 4.66 |
| 1976 | 5.16 |
| 1977 | 5.58 |
| 1978 | 5.09 |
| 1979 | 5.42 |
| 1980 | 5.81 |
| 1981 | 5.42 |
| 1982 | 5.61 |
| 1983 | 5.55 |
| 1984 | 5.30 |
| 1985 | 5.32 |
| 1986 | 6.25 |
| 1987 | 6.66 |
| 1988 | 7.58 |
| 1989 | 7.73 |
| 1990 | 6.63 |
| 1991 | 6.38 |
| 1992 | 5.75 |
| 1993 | 6.31 |
| 1994 | 6.03 |
| 1995 | 6.26 |
| 1996 | 5.13 |
| 1997 | 5.77 |
| 1998 | 6.74 |
| 1999 | 6.17 |
| 2000 | 5.51 |
| 2001 | 5.72 |
| 2002 | 5.43 |
| 2003 | 5.53 |
| 2004 | 6.69 |
| 2005 | 6.72 |
| 2006 | 8.09 |
| 2007 | 8.43 |
| 2008 | 7.52 |
| 2009 | 7.09 |
| 2010 | 8.07 |
| 2011 | 8.85 |
| 2012 | 7.90 |
| 2013 | 7.22 |
| 2014 | 7.14 |
| 2015 | 6.72 |
| 2016 | 6.55 |
| 2017 | 6.74 |
| 2018 | 6.51 |
| 2019 | 6.75 |
| 2020 | 7.19 |
Classification
Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators
Sub-Topic: Imports
