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South Korea Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh Import value

What is South Korea's edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh import value (1000 usd)? As of 2023, it's 4K 1000 USD, up from 1.9K 1000 USD in 2014.

Author: Wantstats Research TeamSource: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Wantstats Repository
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South Korea Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh Import value — full underlying data
LabelEdible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh Import value (1000 USD)
20141872 1000 USD
20152616 1000 USD
20162548 1000 USD
20172923 1000 USD
20182985 1000 USD
20193377 1000 USD
20203069 1000 USD
20214126 1000 USD
20224046 1000 USD
20233990 1000 USD

Data Source: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Wantstats Repository

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South Korea Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh Import value: Key Points

  • What jumps out first is the 113% rise — South Korea's edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh Import value went from 1.87K USD in 2014 to 3.99K USD in 2023.
  • 2015: leaps to 2.62K USD (+40%).
  • 2017-2019: surges to 3.38K USD (+33%).
  • 2020: falls to 3.07K USD (-9%).
  • 2021: spikes to 4.13K USD (+34%).
  • 2023: Closes higher than it opened — 3.99K USD, a 113.1% gain over the period.

Why Trade Collapsed in 2020

This is not a clean trend line, so resist the urge to draw one. South Korea's number moves both directions across the period — treat any single year as a snapshot, not a forecast.

This decline fits a global pattern: COVID-19 disrupted supply chains and demand simultaneously in 2020, and trade flows fell broadly across most economies in the same year.

This isn't a uniquely local rebound — global trade recovered broadly in 2021 as pandemic-era restrictions eased and demand returned.

Worth pairing this with the same indicator for a handful of comparable economies before concluding anything about South Korea specifically — a move that looks large here can be the regional norm, or genuinely unusual, and this chart alone can't say which.

South Korea's number here, like most in this category, is built from a mix of direct measurement and statistical modeling — reliable for tracking direction, less reliable for pinning down an exact year-to-year figure.

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