Reporter

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

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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

Propylene Polymers

South Korea

According to the Product Complexity Index (PCI), it was the 486th most complex product out of 1044, with a PCI value of 0.21.

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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> ($1.1B), <a href="/en/profile/reporter/tur">Turkey</a> ($373M), and <a href="/en/profile/reporter/usa">United States</a> ($215M).

, mainly from <a href="/en/profile/reporter/usa">United States</a> ($33M), <a href="/en/profile/reporter/sgp">Singapore</a> ($32.5M), and <a href="/en/profile/reporter/chn">China</a> ($23.1M).

Partner

Trade Flow

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Trade Value

Weight

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HS4 39.02 (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/propylene-polymers">Propylene Polymers</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/lg-electronics">LG Electronics</a> (140), <a href="/en/profile/company/samsung">Samsung</a> (62), and <a href="/en/profile/company/hyosung">Hyosung</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/propylene-polymers">Propylene Polymers</a> mostly to <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> ($74.5M), <a href="/en/profile/country/tur">Turkey</a> ($52.1M), <a href="/en/profile/country/vnm">Vietnam</a> ($28.1M), <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> ($23.4M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> ($17.7M). During the same month, <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> imported <a href="/en/profile/hs/propylene-polymers">Propylene Polymers</a> mostly from <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> ($4.12M), <a href="/en/profile/country/sgp">Singapore</a> ($2.73M), <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> ($2.15M), <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> ($1.42M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/fra">France</a> ($1.21M).

In March 2025, the year-on-year exports of <a href="/en/profile/hs/propylene-polymers">Propylene Polymers</a> from <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> decreased by 10.3%. This was explained primarily by a decrease in exports to Nigeria (-$8.76M or -69.5%), Singapore (-$6.13M or -45.9%), and Vietnam (-$5.98M or -17.5%). During the same month, year-on-year imports of <a href="/en/profile/hs/propylene-polymers">Propylene Polymers</a> to <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> increased by 6.41%. This was explained primarily by an increase in imports from Singapore (+$1.27M or 87.7%), Belgium (+$915k or 644%), and Germany (+$336k or 127%).

In March 2025, <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> exported $349M and imported $16.6M of <a href="/en/profile/hs/propylene-polymers">Propylene Polymers</a>, resulting in a positive trade balance of $332M. Between February 2025 and March 2025, the exports of <a href="/en/profile/hs/propylene-polymers">Propylene Polymers</a> from <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> decreased by $11M (-3.06%), from $360M to $349M. During the same period, imports decreased by $153k (-0.91%), from $16.7M to $16.6M.

The following map shows the market growth of <a href="/en/profile/hs/propylene-polymers">Propylene Polymers</a> exports from <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> between the selected years.

<a href="/en/profile/hs/propylene-polymers">Propylene Polymers</a> are part of <a href="/en/profile/hs/plastics-and-articles-thereof">Plastics & articles thereof</a> and include: <a href="/en/profile/hs/polypropylene">Polypropylene</a>, <a href="/en/profile/hs/propylene-copolymers">Propylene copolymers</a>, <a href="/en/profile/hs/polymers-of-propylene-and-other-olefins">Polymers of propylene and other olefins</a>, and <a href="/en/profile/hs/polyisobutylene">Polyisobutylene</a>.

In 2024, <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> exported $4.49B of <a href="/en/profile/hs/propylene-polymers">Propylene Polymers</a>, being the 23rd 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/propylene-polymers">Propylene Polymers</a> exports were: <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> ($1.02B), <a href="/en/profile/country/vnm">Vietnam</a> ($470M), <a href="/en/profile/country/tur">Turkey</a> ($389M), <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> ($262M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/idn">Indonesia</a> ($206M).

In 2024, <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> imported $192M of <a href="/en/profile/hs/propylene-polymers">Propylene Polymers</a>, being the 353rd 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/propylene-polymers">Propylene Polymers</a> imports were: <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> ($45.6M), <a href="/en/profile/country/sgp">Singapore</a> ($33.9M), <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> ($27.5M), <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> ($16.3M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/nld">Netherlands</a> ($13.1M).

The fastest growing origins for <a href="/en/profile/hs/propylene-polymers">Propylene Polymers</a> imports in <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> between 2023 and 2024 were: <a href="/en/profile/country/sgp">Singapore</a> ($5.05M), <a href="/en/profile/country/tha">Thailand</a> ($2.64M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> ($1.32M).

The fastest growing markets for <a href="/en/profile/hs/propylene-polymers">Propylene Polymers</a> exports in <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> between 2023 and 2024 were: <a href="/en/profile/country/vnm">Vietnam</a> ($65.6M), <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> ($63.3M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/tur">Turkey</a> ($45.3M).

Importing Companies

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Bill of Lading

Click on any importing company on the treemap, or any destination state on the map to explore.

The chart visualizes the number of import shipments of <a href="/en/profile/hs/propylene-polymers">Propylene Polymers</a> made by companies in the <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> from <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> during the selected time period, colored by the region of destination. The map shows a breakdown of the shipments by their destination state.

Find the latest exports, imports and tariffs for Propylene Polymers trade in South Korea.