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This study aims to analyze various aspects of the foreign trade of the opening period in Joseon through the analysis of new port-opening era trade data, not previously used. The ‘various aspects’ in this study include (1) trends in foreign trade during the port-opening era, which encompass the value of imports and exports of the three Joseon trade bureaus, the tonnage of entered vessels, and trends of collected tax amounts; (2) port-specific trade volume analysis, which includes the import value of Western goods per port, the export v alue o f domestic p roducts, a nd t rends in imports/exports/ship tax per port; and (3) country-specific trade volume analysis, which includes the total export/import value ratio between Joseon and key foreign countries, and trends in the tonnage of vessels from major foreign countries entering Joseon. Therefore, this study has significance in that it expands our understanding of the opening period of Joseon by analyzing the foreign trade patterns of early opening period Joseon based on new trade data that were not utilized before. Through this research, it is expected to derive implications about the trade trends and characteristics of Joseon as shown in the opening era Joseon trade data.