rice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs, chickens, milk, eggs; fish
$557.3 billion (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 9
$547.9 billion (2012 est.)
semiconductors, wireless telecommunications equipment, motor vehicles, auto parts, computers, display, home appliances, wire telecommunication equipment, steel, ships, petrochemicals
China 24.5%, US 10.7%, Japan 7.1%, Hong Kong
$516.6 billion (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 9
$519.6 billion (2012 est.)
machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, optical instruments, transport equipment, organic chemicals, plastics
China 15.6%, Japan 12.4%, US 8.3%, Saudi Arabia <br> 7.6%, Qatar 4.9%, Australia 4.4% (2011 est.) <br>
South Korean Won
South Korean won (KRW) per US dollar -
1,107.3 (2013 est.)
1,126.47 (2012 est.)
1,156.1 (2010 est.)
1,276.93 (2009)
1,101.7 (2008)
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