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South Korea

Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply. Letter from Stephen Penneck, Director General for ONS, to Lord Hoyle, dated March 2012. As Director General for the Office for National Statistics. I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question to asking what is the total annual value of imports into the United Kingdom from South Korea and what is the total annual value of the United Kingdom's exports to South Korea. HL16461 For 2011. total United Kingdom imports of goods from South Korea totalled £2.6 billion. Total United Kingdom exports of goods to South Korea totalled £2.7 billion. This means that in 2011, the United Kingdom held a slight trade in goods surplus with South Korea of £0.1 billion. Figures for trade in services with South Korea for 2011 are not yet available Attached is a table showing imports and exports of i) trade in goods ii) trade in services iii) total trade in goods and services with South Korea in each of the years 1998 to 2010. The table also includes trade in goods data for 2011. The annual trade data are published in the UK Balance of Payments Pink Book available on the National Statistics web site at: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/bop/united-kingdom-balance-of-payments/2011/bod-pink-book-2011.pdf.

Table showing UK trade with South Korea [HL16461]
£ million	UK Trade in goods imports	UK Trade in services imports	UK Total trade imports	UK Trade in goods exports	UK Trade in services exports	UK Total trade exports
1998	2,178	129	2,307	673	491	1,164
1999	2,745	135	2,880	948	411	1,359
2000	3,382	141	3,523	1,346	396	1,742
2001	2,751	179	2,930	1,259	428	1,687
2002	2,717	185	2,902	1,479	505	1,984
2003	2,553	186	2,739	1,476	472	1,948
2004	3,069	246	3,315	1,480	912	2,392
2005	3,035	254	3,289	1,676	737	2,413
2006	3,056	254	3,310	1,740	869	2,609
2007	2,990	321	3,311	1,852	980	2,832
2008	3,509	404	3,913	2,553	1,111	3,664
2009	2,862	364	3,226	2,167	921	3,088
2010	2,564	351	2,914	2,344	1,123	3,467
2011	2,614	n/a	n/a	2,700	n/a	n/a

"Sources: 2011 Edition UK Balance of Payments Pink Book and January 2012 UK Trade statistical bulletin"

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

16461; 736 c222-3WA

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Exports Imports South Korea

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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