THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA FOREIGN TRADE TRENDS
https://doi.org/10.21686/2410-7395-2018-2-104-112
Abstract
The article considers the foreign trade of the Republic of Korea over the past eight years in the context of the future free trade agreement between the Republic of Korea and the Eurasian Economic Union. The author traces the dynamics of exports and imports of the country during the certain period, the change in the commodity structure of exports and imports, the geography of exports and imports, the dynamics of commodity flows as a share of GDP, as well as the most exported and imported goods at the level of six signs of the Harmonized commodity description and coding system (HS). During the research period, the structure of exports and imports of the Republic of Korea has changed little: the main exported goods, as before, are high-tech equipment (floating equipment and its elements, land road transport and parts; storage devices (about 15% of all exports). Imports are dominated by energy (one fifth of total imports) and machinery and equipment (84 and 85 of the HS groups).
About the Author
A. V. Latyshov
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Junior Scientific Fellow of the Trade Scientific Center, Post-Graduate Student of the World Economy Department,
36 Stremyanny Lane, Moscow, 117997
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Latyshov A.V. THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA FOREIGN TRADE TRENDS. International Trade and Trade Policy. 2018;(2):104-112. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21686/2410-7395-2018-2-104-112
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