How much does the U.S. import from South Korea?

Across the 53 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks, U.S. imports from South Korea totaled $29.5B in customs value in 2025. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It counts only the tracked families where South Korea ranks among the largest named sources.

What tariff rate do imports from South Korea actually pay?

In 2025, imports from South Korea paid an effective rate of 10.03% across tracked families. The rate is calculated duties divided by customs value, which captures Section 301/232 overlays, exclusions, and trade-program use that statutory rates cannot. A year earlier the rate was 0.39%.

Is the tariff burden on South Korea rising or falling?

Rising: the effective rate on tracked imports from South Korea moved +9.6 points year over year to 10.03% in 2025. Monthly family-level detail is on each linked family page.

Tariff Monitor

Tariffs on Imports From South Korea

In 2025, U.S. importers brought in $29.5B of goods from South Korea across the 53 manufacturing families MFG Calcs tracks, paying an effective tariff rate of 10.03%, up from 0.39% the year before. South Korea's largest tracked categories: batteries and storage cells, semiconductors and integrated circuits, transformers and power supplies. Tracked-family totals are a floor on total bilateral trade, from USITC DataWeb data.

The current reading

Tracked imports from South Korea: $29.5B in 2025 across 53 manufacturing families, a floor on total bilateral trade.
Effective tariff rate paid: 10.03% (0.39% the year before), calculated duties ÷ customs value.
History depth: 12 years of annual named-source boards.

Largest tracked families from South Korea

Batteries and storage cells
Semiconductors and integrated circuits
Transformers and power supplies
Internal combustion engines
Plastics in primary forms

Frequently asked questions

How much does the U.S. import from South Korea? Across the 53 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks, U.S. imports from South Korea totaled $29.5B in customs value in 2025. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It counts only the tracked families where South Korea ranks among the largest named sources.
What tariff rate do imports from South Korea actually pay? In 2025, imports from South Korea paid an effective rate of 10.03% across tracked families. The rate is calculated duties divided by customs value, which captures Section 301/232 overlays, exclusions, and trade-program use that statutory rates cannot. A year earlier the rate was 0.39%.
What does the U.S. import most from South Korea? Among tracked manufacturing families, South Korea's largest recent categories are batteries and storage cells, semiconductors and integrated circuits, transformers and power supplies, internal combustion engines. Each has its own live rate page linked below.
Is the tariff burden on South Korea rising or falling? Rising: the effective rate on tracked imports from South Korea moved +9.6 points year over year to 10.03% in 2025. Monthly family-level detail is on each linked family page.

About this data

Reference statistics derived from USITC published data. Not a customs ruling; verify rates with a licensed customs broker before relying on them.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.