South Korea Balance of Trade
Exports minus imports of goods each quarter.
₩110.99tn
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Q1 1970 to Q2 2026
Source: FRED series XTNTVA01KRQ667S · OECD merchandise trade, quarterly, converted from US dollars to won at each period's own rate.
South Korea Balance of Trade in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In South Korea, the balance of trade rose by ₩84.5tn over the year to Q2 2026, from ₩26.5tn in Q2 2025.
That is the highest reading in a record that starts in Q1 1970.
Over the past five years it has ranged from −₩25.19tn in Q3 2022 to ₩110.99tn in Q2 2026.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- OECD via FRED
- Series
- XTNTVA01KRQ667S
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Unit
- ₩m
- Seasonal adjustment
- Seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Q2 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Below zero means South Korea buys more from abroad than it sells.
Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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