What is the latest figure for South Korea commodity terms of trade index?

The latest reading is 95.8, for May 2026. That is +0.2% from Apr 2026 and −15.4% from a year earlier.

South Korea commodity terms of trade index: export and import price indices of energy, metals and food commodities (IMF)

Name: South Korea commodity terms of trade index: export and import price indices of energy, metals and food commodities (IMF)
Creator: IMF – Commodity Terms of Trade database (CTOT), Research Department
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Monthly country-specific commodity price indices for South Korea computed by the IMF Research Department: the commodity terms-of-trade (net export price) index, which proxies the income gains and losses from changes in world prices of up to 45 commodities (energy, metals, food and agricultural raw materials), and the commodity export and import price indices, each weighted by South Korea's own commodity trade relative to total commodity trade or to GDP, with rolling (three-year) or fixed weights.

Source: IMF – Commodity Terms of Trade database (CTOT), Research DepartmentLast updated: Oct 19, 2026, 15:36 UTCCurated by Bui Thanh Phuc

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What is the latest figure for South Korea commodity terms of trade index?: The latest reading is 95.8, for May 2026. That is +0.2% from Apr 2026 and −15.4% from a year earlier.
How far back does the South Korea commodity terms of trade index data go?: The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 1980 to May 2026. Source: IMF – Commodity Terms of Trade database (CTOT), Research Department. Every series in the table can be charted over its full history and downloaded as CSV or Excel.

Indicator	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023	08-2023	07-2023	06-2023	05-2023
Rolling weights (average trade of the three preceding years)6
Commodity terms of trade: net export price index, weighted by net exports to total commodity trade	95.8	95.65	93.47	110.94	111.73	114.11	112.48	113.35	111.9	112.02	110.23	109.75	113.2	112.26	107.95	105.09	104.01	106.3	106.24	106.29	108.45	106.16	105.42	104.25	104.34	105.11	107.62	108.82	106.17	104.53	101.29	99.16	99.24	103.13	105.69	107.89	107.32
Commodity terms of trade: net export price index, weighted by net exports to GDP	99.97	99.94	99.48	102.94	103.09	103.53	103.23	103.39	103.12	103.14	102.81	102.72	103.36	103.19	102.39	101.84	101.63	102.07	102.06	102.07	102.48	102.04	101.9	101.68	101.69	101.84	102.32	102.55	102.05	101.73	101.09	100.66	100.68	101.46	101.95	102.37	102.27
Commodity export price index, weighted by share in commodity exports	110.79	112.19	114.19	80.81	76.1	73.56	74.91	75.18	78.26	77.6	80.12	79.83	74.39	76.81	82.07	84.78	87.86	82.71	82.7	85.28	83.15	87.89	92.16	92.24	93.42	98.12	93.79	89.7	87.17	85.13	89.24	94.41	97.7	91.14	87.03	82.25	82.93
Commodity export price index, weighted by exports to GDP	99.95	100	100.08	98.53	98.27	98.12	98.2	98.21	98.39	98.35	98.5	98.48	98.17	98.31	98.6	98.75	98.91	98.64	98.64	98.77	98.66	98.91	99.12	99.12	99.18	99.4	99.2	99	98.87	98.77	98.98	99.23	99.38	99.07	98.86	98.61	98.65
Commodity import price index, weighted by share in commodity imports	107.94	108.56	112.41	81.47	79.33	76.44	78.29	77.59	79.82	79.52	81.94	82.32	77.48	79.06	84.77	88.6	90.72	86.68	86.73	87.46	84.59	88.38	90.41	91.74	91.99	92.43	88.49	86.1	88.14	89.32	94.31	98.54	99.42	92.71	88.63	84.88	85.67
Commodity import price index, weighted by imports to GDP	99.94	100.03	100.57	95.68	95.29	94.74	95.09	94.96	95.38	95.32	95.77	95.83	94.94	95.24	96.27	96.93	97.29	96.6	96.61	96.74	96.24	96.9	97.24	97.46	97.5	97.57	96.91	96.51	96.86	97.05	97.88	98.54	98.68	97.62	96.94	96.29	96.43
Fixed weights (average trade over several decades)6
Commodity terms of trade: net export price index, weighted by net exports to total commodity trade	97.29	97.18	96.36	113.54	115.76	117.62	116.02	116.61	114.75	114.41	113.14	113.23	116.44	115.44	111.91	109.3	107.93	110.34	109.75	108.38	110.53	108.57	106.71	105.83	105.4	104.99	107.02	108.46	107.12	106.32	103.94	101.29	99.96	104.09	106.2	108.66	107.62
Commodity terms of trade: net export price index, weighted by net exports to GDP	99.63	99.61	99.47	101.85	102.12	102.35	102.15	102.23	101.99	101.95	101.78	101.78	102.2	102.07	101.61	101.26	101.07	101.39	101.31	101.15	101.43	101.16	100.92	100.8	100.75	100.7	100.98	101.17	100.98	100.87	100.53	100.16	99.99	100.56	100.87	101.2	101.06
Commodity export price index, weighted by share in commodity exports	124.84	126.24	128.88	105.54	101.16	97.82	96.45	96.29	96.99	93.34	96.75	97.6	93.74	95.89	100.9	102.55	105.94	100.19	99.22	100.19	98.18	101.64	104.09	106.74	112.06	114.85	109.88	106.77	105.06	100.41	101.67	104.8	106.24	102.75	102.94	99.58	101.87
Commodity export price index, weighted by exports to GDP	100.55	100.57	100.62	100.01	99.89	99.8	99.78	99.78	99.82	99.74	99.83	99.84	99.71	99.77	99.91	99.96	100.04	99.89	99.88	99.92	99.86	99.96	100.04	100.08	100.18	100.25	100.14	100.05	100	99.9	99.96	100.05	100.1	99.99	99.96	99.86	99.9
Commodity import price index, weighted by share in commodity imports	109.1	109.52	111.21	86.62	83.76	81.45	82.67	82.13	83.92	83.56	85.35	85.4	81.66	82.94	87.14	90.04	92.02	88.47	88.9	90.53	87.94	90.62	93.06	94.41	95.72	96.71	93.47	91.26	92.35	92.43	95.43	99.19	101.15	95.44	92.97	89.66	91.09
Commodity import price index, weighted by imports to GDP	100.92	100.97	101.16	98.2	97.82	97.5	97.68	97.61	97.87	97.83	98.08	98.09	97.57	97.75	98.33	98.72	98.98	98.53	98.58	98.78	98.46	98.82	99.13	99.28	99.43	99.56	99.17	98.89	99.02	99.04	99.43	99.89	100.12	99.43	99.1	98.68	98.85

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