{
 "port": {
  "name": "Pohang",
  "unlocode": "KRKPO",
  "country": "South Korea",
  "cc": "KR",
  "region": "Gyeongsangbugdo [Kyŏngsangbuk-do]",
  "lat": 36.05,
  "lon": 129.3833,
  "cbp_schedule_d": null,
  "cbp_schedule_k": [
   "58055"
  ],
  "customs_office": null,
  "wpi_number": 60410,
  "wikidata": null,
  "locode_functions": [
   "Port",
   "Rail terminal",
   "Road terminal",
   "Airport"
  ],
  "url": "https://eximagent.ai/ports/krkpo"
 },
 "snapshot": "us-2026-07.co-2025-12",
 "tier": "A",
 "summary": [
  "In our records for Aug 2025–Jul 2026: 519 US-bound bills of lading loaded here.",
  "Nexteel CO. LTD is the largest named US importer with 39 bills of lading, ahead of Posco International America Corp (30).",
  "Cold-drawn or cold-rolled (HS 730431) leads the products at 100% of HS-coded bills of lading, and Houston is the top US arrival port at 90%."
 ],
 "insights": [
  {
   "title": "Nexteel CO. LTD leads the top 5",
   "value": "22%",
   "text": "Top 5 US importers: 22% of 519 bills of lading, out of 37 named."
  },
  {
   "title": "Steel articles, chapter 73",
   "value": "18.9×",
   "text": "Chapter 73, steel articles: 100% of HS-coded bills of lading here vs 5.3% in all US bills of lading we hold."
  },
  {
   "title": "Jul 2026 share of US bills",
   "value": "0.0%",
   "text": "0.0% of all US import bills in Jul 2026, vs 0.1% over 2 earlier well-covered months."
  },
  {
   "title": "Nexteel CO., LTD ships the most",
   "value": "13%",
   "text": "Nexteel CO., LTD: 69 bills of lading; Posco International Corporation 36; Seah Steel Corp 15."
  },
  {
   "title": "Houston first",
   "value": "90%",
   "text": "Houston: 90% of bills of lading; Los Angeles 3.5%."
  }
 ],
 "no_records": null,
 "flows_covered": [
  "US imports · from Pohang"
 ],
 "flows_not_covered": "Every flow not listed. EximAgent holds no export records for most origins, so no figure describes this port's total trade.",
 "flows": {
  "uf": {
   "tag": "US imports · from Pohang",
   "unit": "bills",
   "window": "Aug 2025–Jul 2026",
   "kpi": {
    "n": 519,
    "ents": 37,
    "ship": 20,
    "hsn": 1
   },
   "top_companies": [
    {
     "name": "Nexteel CO. LTD",
     "count": 39,
     "hs6": [],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Posco International America Corp",
     "count": 30,
     "hs6": [],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Janel Group -tx",
     "count": 28,
     "hs6": [],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Kukje Steel CO., LTD",
     "count": 10,
     "hs6": [],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Seah Global INC",
     "count": 9,
     "hs6": [],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Seah Steel America, INC",
     "count": 9,
     "hs6": [],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Ajubesteel USA, INC",
     "count": 7,
     "hs6": [],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Husteel USA INC",
     "count": 4,
     "hs6": [],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Snt Steel INC",
     "count": 3,
     "hs6": [],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Tothe Order Of Pusan Pipe America",
     "count": 2,
     "hs6": [],
     "url": null
    }
   ],
   "top_suppliers": [
    {
     "name": "Nexteel CO., LTD",
     "count": 69
    },
    {
     "name": "Posco International Corporation",
     "count": 36
    },
    {
     "name": "Seah Steel Corp",
     "count": 15
    },
    {
     "name": "Seah Besteel Corporation",
     "count": 11
    },
    {
     "name": "Kukje Steel CO., LTD",
     "count": 10
    },
    {
     "name": "Dong-a Steel CO., LTD",
     "count": 7
    },
    {
     "name": "Ajubesteel CO., LTD",
     "count": 7
    },
    {
     "name": "Histeel CO., LTD",
     "count": 4
    },
    {
     "name": "Husteel CO., LTD",
     "count": 4
    },
    {
     "name": "Jj Steel., Co.ltd",
     "count": 3
    }
   ],
   "monthly": [
    {
     "month": 202605,
     "count": 37
    },
    {
     "month": 202606,
     "count": 104
    },
    {
     "month": 202607,
     "count": 378
    }
   ],
   "top_hs6": [
    {
     "hs6": "730431",
     "label": "Cold-drawn or cold-rolled",
     "count": 1
    }
   ],
   "partners": [
    {
     "code": "5301",
     "count": 467
    },
    {
     "code": "2704",
     "count": 18
    },
    {
     "code": "2002",
     "count": 16
    },
    {
     "code": "1901",
     "count": 9
    },
    {
     "code": "2301",
     "count": 7
    },
    {
     "code": "1801",
     "count": 1
    },
    {
     "code": "3006",
     "count": 1
    }
   ]
  }
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   "harbor_size": "Small",
   "harbor_type": "Open roadstead",
   "shelter": "Good",
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    "anchorage": 23,
    "cargo_pier": 19,
    "oil_terminal": 6
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   "max_vessel": {
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    "beam": null,
    "draft": null
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   "entrance": {
    "Tide": "N",
    "Heavy swell": "Y",
    "Ice": "N",
    "Other": "Y"
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   "overhead_limits": "U",
   "groups": {
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     "First port of entry": "Y",
     "ETA message required": "Y",
     "Quarantine: pratique": "Y",
     "Quarantine: sanitation": "U",
     "Pilotage compulsory": "Y",
     "Pilotage advisable": "U",
     "Tug assistance": "Y",
     "Tug salvage": "U",
     "Turning area": "U",
     "Good holding ground": "Y"
    },
    "Cargo handling": {
     "Wharves": "Y",
     "Anchorage berths": "Y",
     "Container facilities": "U",
     "Ro-ro facilities": "U",
     "Solid bulk": "U",
     "Liquid bulk": "U",
     "Breakbulk": "U",
     "Oil terminal": "U",
     "Dangerous cargo": "U"
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    "Cranes and lifts": {
     "Fixed cranes": "U",
     "Mobile cranes": "Y",
     "Floating cranes": "U",
     "Container cranes": "U",
     "Lifts 100+ t": "U",
     "Lifts 50–100 t": "U",
     "Lifts 25–49 t": "Y",
     "Lifts 0–24 t": "Y"
    },
    "Services and supplies": {
     "Longshoremen": "Y",
     "Electricity": "U",
     "Electrical repair": "U",
     "Navigation equipment": "U",
     "Fuel oil": "Y",
     "Diesel": "U",
     "Potable water": "Y",
     "Provisions": "Y",
     "Deck supplies": "U",
     "Engine supplies": "U"
    },
    "Shore links and environment": {
     "Rail link": "Y",
     "Airport": "Y",
     "Telephone": "Y",
     "Radio": "Y",
     "Medical facilities": "Y",
     "Garbage disposal": "Y",
     "Dirty ballast disposal": "Y"
    }
   },
   "repairs": "Limited",
   "drydock": "Not listed",
   "marine_railway": "Not listed",
   "navarea": "XI",
   "sailing_directions": "Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China",
   "chart": "95167",
   "lat_dms": "36°03'00\"N",
   "lon_dms": "129°23'00\"E"
  },
  "sourced_facts": [],
  "nearby_straight_line": [
   {
    "name": "Ulsan",
    "unlocode": "KRUSN",
    "cc": "KR",
    "lat": 35.5333,
    "lon": 129.3167,
    "km": 58,
    "nm": 31,
    "pilot": true
   },
   {
    "name": "Busan",
    "unlocode": "KRPUS",
    "cc": "KR",
    "lat": 35.1333,
    "lon": 129.05,
    "km": 106,
    "nm": 57,
    "pilot": true
   },
   {
    "name": "Masan",
    "unlocode": "KRMAS",
    "cc": "KR",
    "lat": 35.2,
    "lon": 128.5667,
    "km": 120,
    "nm": 65,
    "pilot": true
   },
   {
    "name": "Jinhae",
    "unlocode": "KRCHF",
    "cc": "KR",
    "lat": 35.1333,
    "lon": 128.65,
    "km": 122,
    "nm": 66,
    "pilot": false
   },
   {
    "name": "Mukho",
    "unlocode": "KRMUK",
    "cc": "KR",
    "lat": 37.5333,
    "lon": 129.1,
    "km": 167,
    "nm": 90,
    "pilot": false
   },
   {
    "name": "Tonghae",
    "unlocode": "KRTGA",
    "cc": "KR",
    "lat": 37.5333,
    "lon": 129.1,
    "km": 167,
    "nm": 90,
    "pilot": false
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  ]
 },
 "faq": [
  {
   "q": "What is the port code for Port of Pohang?",
   "a": "UN/LOCODE KRKPO; CBP Schedule K 58055; NGA World Port Index 60410."
  },
  {
   "q": "How much trade goes through Port of Pohang?",
   "a": "In the records EximAgent holds for Aug 2025–Jul 2026: 519 US-bound bills of lading loaded here, naming 37 companies."
  },
  {
   "q": "Who are the top US importers at Port of Pohang?",
   "a": "Nexteel CO. LTD (39), Posco International America Corp (30), Janel Group -tx (28), Kukje Steel CO., LTD (10), Seah Global INC (9); bills of lading, Aug 2025–Jul 2026."
  },
  {
   "q": "What are the main products shipped through Port of Pohang?",
   "a": "Cold-drawn or cold-rolled (HS 730431, 100%); share of HS-coded bills of lading, Aug 2025–Jul 2026."
  },
  {
   "q": "Which US ports receive cargo from Port of Pohang?",
   "a": "Houston (90%), Los Angeles (3.5%), New Orleans (3.1%), Mobile (1.7%), Brownsville (1.3%), as shares of bills of lading with a known port in Aug 2025–Jul 2026."
  },
  {
   "q": "How does Port of Pohang differ from other ports?",
   "a": "By HS chapter, here vs all US bills we hold: steel articles 100% vs 5.3%."
  }
 ],
 "disclaimer": "Figures come only from the customs records EximAgent holds and do not cover all trade through this port. Use with care and verify important details. Subject to EximAgent Terms and Conditions: https://eximagent.ai/policies/terms"
}