Imports Stats: compare key data on North Korea & South Korea

Commodities: A rank ordering of imported products starting with the most important; it sometimes includes the percent of total dollar value.
Imports of goods and services: GDP by Type of Expenditure at current prices - US dollars.
Imports of goods and services per capita: GDP by Type of Expenditure at current prices - US dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Leading import source: Country or customs union which is the main supplier of imports.
Partners: A rank ordering of trading partners starting with the most important; it sometimes includes the percent of total dollar value.
Per $ GDP: This entry provides the total US dollar amount of merchandise imports on a c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) or f.o.b. (free on board) basis. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
Per capita: This entry provides the total US dollar amount of merchandise imports on a c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) or f.o.b. (free on board) basis. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.

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STAT	North Korea	South Korea
Commodities	coking coal, machinery and equipment, textiles, grain	electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment, organic chemicals, plastics
Imports of goods and services	1.61 billion Ranked 168th.	603.47 billion Ranked 7th. 376 times more than North Korea
Imports of goods and services per capita	64.86 Ranked 199th.	12,068.34 Ranked 42nd. 186 times more than North Korea
Leading import source	China	China
Partners	China 61%, South Korea 24%, Singapore 2%, India 2%	China 16.8%, Japan 15.3%, US 9%, Saudi Arabia 6.1%, Australia 4.6%
Per $ GDP	$0.09 per $1 of GDP Ranked 163th.	$0.34 per $1 of GDP Ranked 88th. 4 times more than North Korea
Per capita	$127.56 per capita Ranked 163th.	$7,128.18 per capita Ranked 37th. 56 times more than North Korea

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Trade Organization Trade Profiles database, loaded 2010

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