Korea, South |
|
| TRADE AND BUSINESS |
| Agriculture
- products |
rice,
root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs, chickens,
milk, eggs; fish |
| Exports |
$162.6 billion
f.o.b. (2002 est.) |
| Exports
- commodities |
electronic
products, machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, steel,
ships; textiles, clothing, footwear; fish |
| Exports
- partners |
US 20.4%,
China 14.7%, Japan 9.4%, Hong Kong 6.3% (2002) |
| Imports |
$148.4 billion
f.o.b. (2002 est.) |
| Imports-
commodities |
machinery,
electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport
equipment, textiles, organic chemicals, grains |
| Imports
- partners |
Japan 19.6%,
US 15.2%, China 11.4%, Saudi Arabia 5% (2002) |
| Currency |
South Korean
won (KRW) |
| Exchange
rates |
South Korean
won per US dollar - 1,251.09 (2002), 1,290.99 (2001), 1,130.96
(2000), 1,188.82 (1999), 1,401.44 (1998) |
| Fiscal
year |
calendar
year |
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