Where does South Korea export edible seaweed?

Japan is the leading destination in the reported partner table, with $167M of edible seaweed exports from South Korea.

Where does South Korea import edible seaweed from?

China is the leading origin in the reported partner table, with $10.7M of edible seaweed imports into South Korea.

South Korea Edible Seaweed Exports and Imports

Reported edible seaweed trade for South Korea through Dec 2025, not live or executable quotes.

Exports · last 12 months

$564M

+18.3%vs. previous 12 months

Imports · last 12 months

$20M

-19.6%vs. previous 12 months

Monthly trade history

Monthly reported values in USD. Missing months are excluded rather than treated as zero.

South Korea Edible Seaweed Trading Partners

Partner values describe edible seaweed shipments reported by South Korea for Jan 2025–Dec 2025. Destinations show where exports go; origins show where imports come from.

Edible Seaweed Export Destinations

Japan leads this ranking at $167M.

#	Partner	Reported value	Share
1	Japan	$167M 30% share	30%
2	China	$101M 18% share	18%
3	Thailand	$89.5M 16% share	16%
4	Russia	$79M 14% share	14%
5	S19	$34.1M 6.1% share	6.1%
6	United States	$24.1M 4.3% share	4.3%
7	Vietnam	$23.6M 4.2% share	4.2%
8	Indonesia	$19.4M 3.5% share	3.5%
9	LTU	$4M 0.7% share	0.7%
10	SGP	$3.9M 0.7% share	0.7%
11	Kazakhstan	$2.1M 0.4% share	0.4%
12	MNG	$2M 0.4% share	0.4%
13	Philippines	$1.9M 0.3% share	0.3%
14	Turkey	$1.8M 0.3% share	0.3%
15	Mexico	$1.5M 0.3% share	0.3%
16	Australia	$1.3M 0.2% share	0.2%
17	Canada	$1.2M 0.2% share	0.2%
18	Brazil	$829K 0.1% share	0.1%
19	Netherlands	$773K 0.1% share	0.1%
20	Colombia	$538K 0.1% share	0.1%
21	France	$477K 0.1% share	0.1%
22	AZE	$417K 0.1% share	0.1%
23	HKG	$415K 0.1% share	0.1%
24	United Kingdom	$393K 0.1% share	0.1%
25	BLR	$377K 0.1% share	0.1%

Edible Seaweed Imports by Country

China leads this ranking at $10.7M.

#	Partner	Reported value	Share
1	China	$10.7M 53% share	53%
2	Indonesia	$5.7M 28% share	28%
3	Morocco	$1.5M 7.6% share	7.6%
4	Russia	$634K 3.2% share	3.2%
5	Chile	$395K 2.0% share	2.0%
6	Vietnam	$340K 1.7% share	1.7%
7	Japan	$177K 0.9% share	0.9%
8	Tanzania	$118K 0.6% share	0.6%
9	VEN	$114K 0.6% share	0.6%
10	India	$99.5K 0.5% share	0.5%
11	MMR	$91.1K 0.5% share	0.5%
12	Canada	$76.7K 0.4% share	0.4%
13	Philippines	$59.2K 0.3% share	0.3%
14	United States	$15.4K 0.1% share	0.1%
15	Australia	$8.1K 0.0% share	0.0%
16	Thailand	$5.4K 0.0% share	0.0%
17	Ukraine	$4.1K 0.0% share	0.0%
18	SVK	$2.6K 0.0% share	0.0%
19	Brazil	$1.8K 0.0% share	0.0%
20	HKG	$1.7K 0.0% share	0.0%
21	United Kingdom	$1.4K 0.0% share	0.0%
22	Ireland	$603 0.0% share	0.0%
23	Belgium	$424 0.0% share	0.0%
24	ISL	$165 0.0% share	0.0%
25	LKA	$161 0.0% share	0.0%

Monthly Trade Values

Recent South Korea edible seaweed filings are listed newest first, in USD. Unreported values are labelled explicitly and are not zero.

Month	Exports	Imports
Dec 2025	$34.9M	$2.1M
Nov 2025	$30.2M	$2.1M
Oct 2025	$31.6M	$868K
Sep 2025	$37.7M	$1.2M
Aug 2025	$42.7M	$1.2M
Jul 2025	$70.2M	$2.3M
Jun 2025	$52.9M	$1.5M
May 2025	$52.6M	$2M
Apr 2025	$58.8M	$2M
Mar 2025	$52.7M	$1.7M
Feb 2025	$55.2M	$1.5M
Jan 2025	$44.1M	$1.6M

South Korea Edible Seaweed Trade Questions

Where does South Korea export edible seaweed?: Japan is the leading destination in the reported partner table, with $167M of edible seaweed exports from South Korea.
Where does South Korea import edible seaweed from?: China is the leading origin in the reported partner table, with $10.7M of edible seaweed imports into South Korea.

See our methodology for reporting windows and differences between partner reports.