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North Korea: what it imports and exports

The top 20 imported and exported products of North Korea at HS4 level, from official CEPII BACI statistics. Open a product to see its world market.

Goods imports, 2024USD 1.8 billionGrowth −26.3% against 2023. Source: CEPII BACI, record BACI:KP:TOTAL:1:2024.
Goods exports, 2024USD 396.4 millionGrowth −23.7% against 2023. Source: CEPII BACI, record BACI:KP:TOTAL:2:2024.
HS4 products imported761Products with a recorded import flow in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI.

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Top 20 imported products

#Product (HS4)Value 2024GrowthRecord
16703 Human hair, dressed, thinned, bleached or otherwise workedUSD 168.9 million+5.5%BACI:KP:6703:1:2024
25407 Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarnUSD 99.0 million+23.1%BACI:KP:5407:1:2024
31507 Soya-bean oil and its fractionsUSD 96.7 million+7.4%BACI:KP:1507:1:2024
49403 Furniture and parts thereofUSD 51.3 million+65.9%BACI:KP:9403:1:2024
53918 Floor coverings of plastics, self-adhesiveUSD 45.0 million−7.7%BACI:KP:3918:1:2024
66006 Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabricsUSD 44.6 million−32.6%BACI:KP:6006:1:2024
76907 Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tilesUSD 40.5 million−0.1%BACI:KP:6907:1:2024
84011 New pneumatic tyres, of rubberUSD 35.5 million−13.8%BACI:KP:4011:1:2024
93920 Plastics: platesUSD 31.9 million−2.4%BACI:KP:3920:1:2024
103004 MedicamentsUSD 25.3 million−57.0%BACI:KP:3004:1:2024
110207 Meat and edible offal of poultryUSD 22.5 million+175.4%BACI:KP:0207:1:2024
123901 Polymers of ethylene, in primary formsUSD 22.3 million+13.2%BACI:KP:3901:1:2024
132922 Oxygen-function amino-compoundsUSD 21.3 million+13.7%BACI:KP:2922:1:2024
146110 Jerseys, pullovers, cardigansUSD 21.0 million+51.9%BACI:KP:6110:1:2024
150805 Citrus fruitUSD 20.3 million+91.8%BACI:KP:0805:1:2024
163926 Articles of plastics and articles of other materialsUSD 20.3 million+73.6%BACI:KP:3926:1:2024
174412 Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated woodUSD 19.0 million+41.8%BACI:KP:4412:1:2024
182836 Carbonates: peroxocarbonatesUSD 18.0 million+42.6%BACI:KP:2836:1:2024
192713 Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumenUSD 17.7 million+21.3%BACI:KP:2713:1:2024
205903 Textile fabrics impregnated, coatedUSD 17.7 million+83.4%BACI:KP:5903:1:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Record IDs per row.

Top 20 exported products

#Product (HS4)Value 2024GrowthRecord
16704 Wigs, false beards, eyebrows and eyelashesUSD 187.8 million+12.6%BACI:KP:6704:2:2024
22611 Tungsten ores and concentratesUSD 31.4 million+21.0%BACI:KP:2611:2:2024
37202 Ferro-alloysUSD 23.2 million−30.2%BACI:KP:7202:2:2024
42716 Electrical energyUSD 22.2 million−0.3%BACI:KP:2716:2:2024
59108 Watch movementsUSD 16.3 million+301.4%BACI:KP:9108:2:2024
62613 Molybdenum ores and concentratesUSD 15.1 million+110.8%BACI:KP:2613:2:2024
72849 Carbides, whether or not chemically definedUSD 5.8 million+6.8%BACI:KP:2849:2:2024
85002 Raw silkUSD 4.1 million−6.7%BACI:KP:5002:2:2024
98703 Motor cars and other motor vehiclesUSD 4.1 million−61.0%BACI:KP:8703:2:2024
102008 Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plantsUSD 3.9 million+1,080.4%BACI:KP:2008:2:2024
113824 Prepared binders for foundry moulds or coresUSD 3.6 million+1,882.9%BACI:KP:3824:2:2024
122837 Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanidesUSD 3.3 million−79.6%BACI:KP:2837:2:2024
139507 Fishing rods, fish-hooks and other line fishing tackleUSD 3.2 million+1,630.2%BACI:KP:9507:2:2024
147210 Iron or non-alloy steelUSD 3.1 million+59.5%BACI:KP:7210:2:2024
155003 Silk wasteUSD 2.8 million+20.7%BACI:KP:5003:2:2024
168473 Machinery: parts and accessoriesUSD 2.3 million+8,645.0%BACI:KP:8473:2:2024
179505 Festive, carnival or other entertainment articlesUSD 2.0 million+1,191.4%BACI:KP:9505:2:2024
188543 Electrical machines and apparatusUSD 1.9 million+12.8%BACI:KP:8543:2:2024
196406 Footwear: parts of footwearUSD 1.9 million+3,620.5%BACI:KP:6406:2:2024
208528 Monitors and projectorsUSD 1.9 million−49.7%BACI:KP:8528:2:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Record IDs per row.

Data Passport

  • CEPII BACI HS22 V202601: trade values by exporter, importer and product, years 2024 and 2023, USD at FOB prices, quantities in metric tons. Publisher: CEPII. Licence: Etalab Open Licence 2.0 (Licence Ouverte), attribution "CEPII BACI". Record IDs: BACI:reporter:product:flow:year. Source
  • Method: Values are CEPII BACI reconciled flows of North Korea with all partners, aggregated from HS6 to HS4; growth compares 2024 with 2023.

Trade database built 2026-10-24. Values are official statistics as published; nothing on this page is estimated or invented. More in our methodology.

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