Shipped Where
Imported from South Korea, 2025
$126 billion
Share of all US imports
3.7%
Rank among sources
#9 of 218
Arrived by ship
72%

South Korea is the ninth largest source of US imports: $126 billion in 2025.

That is 3.7% of everything the US imported. The top product line is cars, followed by computer parts and accessories and car parts. Down from sixth in 2015.

What the US buys from South Korea

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. Cars$30.8B · 24.5%
  2. Computer parts and accessories$9.5B · 7.6%
  3. Car Parts$5.8B · 4.6%
  4. Blood products, antibodies and vaccines$5.1B · 4.0%
  5. Data storage media$4.7B · 3.8%
  6. Gasoline & Refined Fuels$4.7B · 3.7%
  7. Rechargeable batteries$3.6B · 2.9%
  8. Transformers and power supplies$2.2B · 1.7%
All 24 products from South Korea
  1. Computer Chips$1.9B · 1.5%
  2. Makeup & Skincare$1.8B · 1.4%
  3. Capacitors$1.7B · 1.4%
  4. Industrial chemical preparations$1.4B · 1.1%
  5. Refrigerators and freezers$1.4B · 1.1%
  6. Specialized machinery, not elsewhere specified$1.1B · 0.9%
  7. Gasoline engines$1.0B · 0.8%
  8. Cables & Wires$1.0B · 0.8%
  9. Tires$865M · 0.7%
  10. Electrical control panels$864M · 0.7%
  11. Chipmaking equipment$842M · 0.7%
  12. Aluminum plates, sheets and strip, over 0.2 mm thick$823M · 0.7%
  13. Industrial heating and cooling machinery$794M · 0.6%
  14. Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles not elsewhere specified$779M · 0.6%
  15. Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins$774M · 0.6%
  16. Silver$758M · 0.6%

Excludes US goods returned after export.

South Korea's rank among US import sources

Where South Korea placed each year, by value of goods the US imported

  1. 2010: seventh
  2. 2011: rises to sixth
  3. 2020: falls to seventh
  4. 2025: falls to ninth

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from South Korea, 2025. Letters match the list.

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72% of goods from South Korea arrived by ship. Los Angeles, CA handled 14% on its own.

  1. ALos Angeles, CA $17.1B · 13.7%
  2. BSavannah, GA $8.4B · 6.7%
  3. CBrunswick, GA $7.0B · 5.5%
  4. DTacoma, WA $6.0B · 4.8%
  5. ENewark, NJ $5.8B · 4.7%
  6. FLong Beach, CA $5.8B · 4.6%

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