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Product

domain

Returns ordinal version of a number with "th", "nd" or "st".

ordinal

Given a date, returns you the date in words
Year --> 2023= 2023
Quarter --> 20231 = 2023-Q1
Month --> 202301 == Jan 2023

time

Converts a country code to small flag icon.

flag

link

Abbreviates a number into a smaller more human-readible number.

abbreviate

incompleteYearName

Change month id to name (202405 --> May 2025)

longMonth

initMonthQuarterIncomplete

prevMonthQuarterIncomplete

icon

monthName

increaseOrDecreasePresent

Rounds to nearest whole number and adds commas.

commas

increaseOrDecreasePast

Return period in month when you have data in quarters

incompleteYearQuarter

timeFull

Return boolean (or boolean[]) if input country/ies are in subnational countries list.

hasSubnat

Return boolean (or boolean[]) if input country/ies are in subnational complexity countries list.

hasComplexitySubnat

hasCountryLatestTrends

apostrophe

Returns boolean if the subnational cube has HS classification

hasSubnatHS

Checks if the cube should have complexity values at subnational profile

subnationalComplexityAvailability

lowerCaseFirst

ordinalSuperscript

If n < 20 returns the number name, else returns the number

numbersWord

countryPotentialExportsAvailability

Adds abbreviate with subnational data currency support

abbreviateSubnat

symmetricRange

hasSubnatMap

dollar

Joins an array of strings together, adding commas and 'and' when necessary.

list

Calculates the growth percentage between two numbers provided the following object format: {curr, prev}. Also supports calculating the growth between two margin of errors using this format: {curr, currMoe, prev, prevMoe}.

growth

growthPct

shortMonthName

Bilateral Product

Section

Photographic Chemicals

South Korea

According to the Product Complexity Index (PCI), it was the 2nd most complex product out of 1044, with a PCI value of 2.36.

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tabler

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Latest Trends

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Historical Data

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Growth Potential

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Trade Balance

, primarily to <a href="/en/profile/reporter/chn">China</a> ($595M), <a href="/en/profile/reporter/twn">Chinese Taipei</a> ($64.6M), and <a href="/en/profile/reporter/hkg">Hong Kong</a> ($42.1M).

, mainly from <a href="/en/profile/reporter/jpn">Japan</a> ($358M), <a href="/en/profile/reporter/bel">Belgium</a> ($54.7M), and <a href="/en/profile/reporter/usa">United States</a> ($46.7M).

Partner

Trade Flow

Time

Trade Value

Weight

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HS4 37.07 (Harmonized System 1992 for 4-digits)

Market Growth and Net Trade

Subnational Monthly Trade

In 2024, some companies involved in the trade of <a href="/en/profile/hs/photographic-chemicals">Photographic Chemicals</a> between <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> and <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> were: <a href="/en/profile/company/fuyao-glass">Fuyao Glass</a> (4).

Click on any date on the time series or any destination or origin on the treemap to explore.

In March 2025, <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> exported <a href="/en/profile/hs/photographic-chemicals">Photographic Chemicals</a> mostly to <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> ($48M), <a href="/en/profile/country/twn">Chinese Taipei</a> ($4.37M), <a href="/en/profile/country/hkg">Hong Kong</a> ($1.4M), <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> ($900k), and <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> ($599k). During the same month, <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> imported <a href="/en/profile/hs/photographic-chemicals">Photographic Chemicals</a> mostly from <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> ($28.5M), <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> ($9.18M), <a href="/en/profile/country/bel">Belgium</a> ($4.62M), <a href="/en/profile/country/twn">Chinese Taipei</a> ($707k), and <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> ($526k).

In March 2025, the year-on-year exports of <a href="/en/profile/hs/photographic-chemicals">Photographic Chemicals</a> from <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> decreased by 13.2%. This was explained primarily by a decrease in exports to Hong Kong (-$3.7M or -72.5%), China (-$3.17M or -6.19%), and Chinese Taipei (-$638k or -12.8%). During the same month, year-on-year imports of <a href="/en/profile/hs/photographic-chemicals">Photographic Chemicals</a> to <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> decreased by 1.78%. This was explained primarily by a decrease in imports from Japan (-$4.6M or -13.9%), Belgium (-$1.1M or -19.1%), and China (-$80k or -13.2%).

In March 2025, <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> exported $56.5M and imported $44M of <a href="/en/profile/hs/photographic-chemicals">Photographic Chemicals</a>, resulting in a positive trade balance of $12.5M. Between February 2025 and March 2025, the exports of <a href="/en/profile/hs/photographic-chemicals">Photographic Chemicals</a> from <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> decreased by $6.9M (-10.9%), from $63.4M to $56.5M. During the same period, imports decreased by $5.81M (-11.7%), from $49.9M to $44M.

The following map shows the market growth of <a href="/en/profile/hs/photographic-chemicals">Photographic Chemicals</a> exports from <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> between the selected years.

<a href="/en/profile/hs/photographic-chemicals">Photographic Chemicals</a> are part of <a href="/en/profile/hs/photo-and-movie-goods">Photo & movie goods</a> and include: <a href="/en/profile/hs/chemical-preparations-for-photographic-uses-nes">Chemical preparations for photographic uses, nes</a>, and <a href="/en/profile/hs/sensitising-emulsions">Sensitising emulsions</a>.

In 2024, <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> exported $707M of <a href="/en/profile/hs/photographic-chemicals">Photographic Chemicals</a>, being the 126th most exported product (out of 1,219) in <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a>. In 2024, the main destinations of South Korea's <a href="/en/profile/hs/photographic-chemicals">Photographic Chemicals</a> exports were: <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> ($564M), <a href="/en/profile/country/twn">Chinese Taipei</a> ($56.5M), <a href="/en/profile/country/hkg">Hong Kong</a> ($51.1M), <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> ($10.4M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> ($9.51M).

In 2024, <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> imported $505M of <a href="/en/profile/hs/photographic-chemicals">Photographic Chemicals</a>, being the 177th most imported product (out of 1,219) in <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a>. In 2024, the main origins of South Korea's <a href="/en/profile/hs/photographic-chemicals">Photographic Chemicals</a> imports were: <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> ($362M), <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> ($66.2M), <a href="/en/profile/country/bel">Belgium</a> ($56.3M), <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> ($7.67M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/twn">Chinese Taipei</a> ($7.08M).

The fastest growing origins for <a href="/en/profile/hs/photographic-chemicals">Photographic Chemicals</a> imports in <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> between 2023 and 2024 were: <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> ($27.2M), <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> ($5.45M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/esp">Spain</a> ($137k).

The fastest growing markets for <a href="/en/profile/hs/photographic-chemicals">Photographic Chemicals</a> exports in <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> between 2023 and 2024 were: <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> ($46.7M), <a href="/en/profile/country/hkg">Hong Kong</a> ($15.4M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/twn">Chinese Taipei</a> ($1.81M).

Find the latest exports, imports and tariffs for Photographic Chemicals trade in South Korea.