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Physical albums shipped out of Korea, market by market
K-POP
export chart
Where each market has gone
Over time, by region
Markets ranked · All formats
Trajectory
No.MarketH1 YearPeak
Albums against photobooks
Sources and definitions
- Korea Customs Service, exports by item and country, via the public data portal. US dollars, not thousands.
- Albums HS 8523.49-1040 · photobooks HS 4911.91-9000 · vinyl HS 8523.80-2030.
- Series starts January 2022; the 2022 tariff revision breaks continuity with earlier months.
- Revised by the customs service around the 15th of each month. Months with no shipments are empty, not zero.
- Population: World Bank 2024; Taiwan from the Ministry of the Interior (end-2024).
Regions and growth patterns
- North America is the United States and Canada. China, HK & Macao and Taiwan are shown separately. Europe covers geographic Europe except Russia, Türkiye and the Caucasus. SEA & India is Southeast and South Asia. Latin America includes the Caribbean. Oceania is Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands. Other is the Middle East, Africa, Russia, Türkiye, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Mongolia.
- Growth patterns compare H1 two years back with the latest H1. No growth: albums up less than 25%. Album-led surge: albums up 25% or more, photobooks growing less than half as fast. Broad growth: albums up 25% or more, photobooks growing at least half as fast. Markets under $500K in the latest H1 are not classified.