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United States-North Korea Trade: In 2018, United States exported $4.32k to North Korea. The main products that United States exported to North Korea were N/A. Over the past 5 years the exports of United States to North Korea have decreased at an annualized rate of 60.6%, from $454k in 2013 to $4.32k in 2018.

In 2009, United States exported services to North Korea worth $11.2B, with Travel ($4.67B), Royalties and license fees ($3.24B), and Transportation ($1.86B) being the largest in terms of value.

North Korea-United States In N/A, North Korea did not export any products to United States.

In 2018, North Korea did not export any services to United States.

Comparison In 2022,  United States ranked 10 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.47),  and 2 in total exports ($1.95T). That same year, North Korea ranked 182 in total exports ($248M), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index.

Company data: In 2023, leading companies such as were at the forefront of exporting goods from North Korea to the United States. Conversely, were notable for importing products to North Korea from the United States.

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2018, United States exported $4.32k to North Korea. There were not main exports from United States to North Korea in 2018. During the last 5 years the exports of United States to North Korea have decreased at an annualized rate of 60.6%, from $454k in 2013 to $4.32k in 2018.

North Korea does not register exports to United States. The main products exported from North Korea to United States were Plastic Pipes ($29.1k).

Exports from United States (Flag) to North Korea (Flag) (2022)

Exports from North Korea (Flag) to United States (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
United States
Top Destination
Canada$308B
North Korea
Top Destination
China$131M

This map shows whether countries import more from United States or North Korea. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from United States and North Korea or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from United States than North Korea included Canada ($308B), Mexico ($294B), and China ($151B).

In 2022, no countries were registered that imported more from North Korea than from United States.

Difference in imports from North Korea (Flag) and United States (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage United States - North Korea

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between United States and North Korea by product, considering products traded by both, United States and North Korea.

During 2018, United States had a large net trade with North Korea in the exports of .

Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of United States and North Korea. This means that a dot/product with the flag of United States indicates it has a comparative advantage over North Korea. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of North Korea indicates it has a comparative advantage over United States.

Product Space of United States (Flag) and North Korea (Flag) (2022)

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