South Korea exports to the United Arab Emirates

아랍에미리트 연합 · latest month: October 2026

Exports, October 2026

$581.8M

+62.9% vs previous month

vs same month a year earlier

+50.6%

export value

Exports, last 12 months

$5.35B

+3.3% vs 12 months before

Rank among destinations

of 239, last 12 months

Imports, last 12 months

$16.68B

balance -$11.33B

In October 2026, South Korea exported $581.8 million of goods to the United Arab Emirates, up 62.9% from September 2026 and up 50.6% from October 2025.

Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of goods to the United Arab Emirates totalled $5.35 billion, up 3.3% from the 12 months before ($5.18 billion).

The United Arab Emirates ranked 23rd of 239 destinations for Korean goods over the 12 months to October 2026, up from 24th in the 12 months before.

The largest chapter was machinery, boilers and computers (HS 84), with $1.10 billion or 20.6% of exports to the United Arab Emirates.

Imports from the United Arab Emirates in October 2026 were $2.33 billion (up 128.5% from October 2025), leaving a deficit of $1.75 billion for the month.

Last 24 months

Monthly exportsExport value in US dollars (FOB).

Monthly importsImport value in US dollars (CIF).

What South Korea exports to the United Arab Emirates: chapters

Export value by HS chapter over the 12 months to October 2026; the largest 25 of 96.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
84	Machinery, boilers and computers	$1.10B	20.6%	-11.4%	$49.6M
87	Vehicles, parts and accessories	$910.3M	17.0%	+5.3%	$160.3M
85	Electrical machinery and electronics	$708.2M	13.2%	+16.4%	$57.6M
93	Arms and ammunition	$606.8M	11.3%	+525.8%	$160.0M
24	Tobacco and tobacco substitutes	$350.0M	6.5%	+40.4%	$7.4M
33	Essential oils, perfumery and cosmetics	$307.5M	5.7%	+24.1%	$35.0M
39	Plastics and articles thereof	$195.1M	3.6%	-22.5%	$19.7M
90	Optical, measuring and medical instruments	$181.1M	3.4%	-8.7%	$20.2M
27	Mineral fuels, oils and their products	$133.7M	2.5%	-50.5%	$8.1M
73	Articles of iron or steel	$125.5M	2.3%	-33.7%	$8.4M
54	Man-made filaments	$86.1M	1.6%	-15.3%	$7.3M
40	Rubber and articles thereof	$66.6M	1.2%	-46.4%	$6.7M
72	Iron and steel	$59.4M	1.1%	-53.9%	$1.2M
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	$52.7M	1.0%	-33.9%	$768K
71	Pearls, precious stones and precious metals	$51.4M	1.0%	+23.2%	$2.7M
29	Organic chemicals	$39.9M	0.7%	-27.1%	$5.6M
30	Pharmaceutical products	$32.7M	0.6%	+2.1%	$2.3M
19	Preparations of cereals, flour or milk, and bakery products	$30.3M	0.6%	-0.8%	$2.3M
74	Copper and articles thereof	$28.1M	0.5%	+3.2%	$4.3M
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	$23.3M	0.4%	-3.0%	$2.9M
89	Ships and boats	$22.5M	0.4%	+691.9%	$400
34	Soap, washing preparations and waxes	$20.9M	0.4%	+4.5%	$2.0M
56	Wadding, felt, nonwovens and cordage	$19.5M	0.4%	-35.3%	$1.9M
83	Miscellaneous articles of base metal	$18.3M	0.3%	-14.7%	$1.5M
48	Paper and paperboard	$15.3M	0.3%	-51.7%	$1.4M

Largest 4-digit headings

The 30 largest of 787 headings exported to the United Arab Emirates in the same 12 months.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
8401	Nuclear reactors and fuel elements	$464.1M	8.7%	+38.9%	$0
9306	Bombs, missiles, ammunition and parts	$463.0M	8.7%	+671.8%	$133.7M
2402	Cigarettes and cigars	$348.6M	6.5%	+41.1%	$7.4M
8517	Telephones, smartphones and network equipment	$342.9M	6.4%	+82.2%	$25.6M
8703	Passenger cars	$337.9M	6.3%	-35.6%	$27.8M
8705	Special purpose motor vehicles (cranes, fire engines, mixers)	$311.9M	5.8%	+2,608%	$107.4M
3304	Beauty, make-up and skin care preparations	$272.2M	5.1%	+19.2%	$30.2M
8708	Parts and accessories of motor vehicles	$202.9M	3.8%	-23.5%	$17.6M
5407	Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn	$84.9M	1.6%	-13.7%	$7.3M
2710	Refined petroleum oils	$84.7M	1.6%	-55.4%	$8.1M
8419	Machinery for treating materials by a change of temperature	$81.6M	1.5%	-56.9%	$7.9M
9301	Military weapons (artillery, rocket launchers and others)	$75.1M	1.4%	+366.2%	$17.2M
9018	Medical, surgical and dental instruments	$68.8M	1.3%	-22.5%	$8.1M
9305	Parts and accessories of weapons	$68.6M	1.3%	+229.5%	$9.1M
8409	Parts for internal combustion engines	$60.9M	1.1%	-33.0%	$5.5M
8507	Rechargeable batteries (electric accumulators)	$60.1M	1.1%	+7.6%	$2.5M
8421	Centrifuges and filtering or purifying machinery	$54.0M	1.0%	-1.0%	$3.7M
8415	Air conditioners	$53.0M	1.0%	-22.6%	$4.1M
8504	Electrical transformers, static converters and inductors	$50.9M	1.0%	+16.1%	$4.1M
2707	Coal tar distillation oils (benzene, toluene, xylene)	$48.7M	0.9%	-38.2%	$0
8544	Insulated wire and cable	$47.7M	0.9%	-39.1%	$1.6M
8481	Taps, cocks and valves	$44.7M	0.8%	-0.2%	$2.9M
7606	Aluminium plates, sheets and strip	$44.3M	0.8%	-34.4%	$14K
7305	Large-diameter tubes and pipes of iron or steel (over 406.4 mm)	$42.5M	0.8%	-39.4%	$4.2M
4011	New pneumatic tyres, of rubber	$42.4M	0.8%	-52.6%	$4.3M
8704	Motor vehicles for the transport of goods	$39.0M	0.7%	-0.4%	$3.2M
8535	Electrical switches, fuses and circuit protection (over 1,000 V)	$38.4M	0.7%	+13.1%	$6.8M
8414	Air or vacuum pumps, compressors and fans	$37.0M	0.7%	+25.9%	$2.4M
3920	Plates, sheets and film of plastics, not reinforced	$35.3M	0.7%	-10.7%	$2.3M
3907	Polyethers, epoxide resins and polyesters, in primary forms	$35.2M	0.7%	-23.6%	$5.6M

A chapter is linked when exports to the United Arab Emirates reached $1,000,000 over 24 months, a heading when they reached $5,000,000. "Share" is the share of all exports to the United Arab Emirates.

Featured industry: cosmetics exports to the United Arab Emirates, by 6-digit product.

Monthly figures

Month	Exports	vs year earlier	Export weight	Export $/kg	Imports	Import weight
October 2026	$581.8M	+50.6%	38,763 t	$15.01	$2.33B	2,363,496 t
September 2026	$357.2M	-25.0%	55,602 t	$6.42	$1.35B	1,662,956 t
August 2026	$379.7M	+6.5%	30,689 t	$12.37	$1.60B	2,328,614 t
July 2026	$385.3M	-1.3%	64,193 t	$6.00	$1.63B	2,133,302 t
June 2026	$492.3M	-6.6%	140,959 t	$3.49	$1.61B	1,784,083 t
May 2026	$335.3M	-18.2%	33,854 t	$9.91	$1.78B	1,971,055 t
April 2026	$231.7M	-53.1%	20,352 t	$11.39	$1.40B	1,489,480 t
March 2026	$171.0M	-61.2%	19,101 t	$8.95	$1.19B	1,809,249 t
February 2026	$601.7M	+20.1%	67,021 t	$8.98	$1.15B	2,100,237 t
January 2026	$465.4M	+41.3%	94,974 t	$4.90	$1.26B	2,291,615 t
December 2025	$639.5M	+57.5%	104,544 t	$6.12	$649.5M	1,107,598 t
November 2025	$711.1M	+52.9%	103,916 t	$6.84	$735.6M	1,162,151 t
October 2025	$386.3M	+9.3%	112,155 t	$3.44	$1.02B	1,628,575 t
September 2025	$476.1M	+36.7%	125,164 t	$3.80	$1.12B	1,890,061 t
August 2025	$356.6M	+8.7%	91,555 t	$3.89	$1.75B	3,011,818 t
July 2025	$390.4M	-26.3%	103,066 t	$3.79	$1.46B	2,491,227 t
June 2025	$527.0M	+17.7%	83,162 t	$6.34	$1.22B	2,173,710 t
May 2025	$409.9M	+3.6%	106,230 t	$3.86	$790.6M	1,273,215 t
April 2025	$493.8M	+9.3%	97,188 t	$5.08	$920.9M	1,439,697 t
March 2025	$440.8M	+2.4%	101,368 t	$4.35	$1.62B	2,538,308 t
February 2025	$501.1M	+22.1%	100,898 t	$4.97	$1.38B	2,026,625 t
January 2025	$329.4M	-33.8%	75,297 t	$4.37	$1.46B	2,312,696 t
December 2024	$406.2M	-11.7%	106,517 t	$3.81	$979.7M	1,578,116 t
November 2024	$465.1M	+37.4%	96,332 t	$4.83	$1.44B	2,249,218 t

Exports FOB, imports CIF, US dollars. Weight is net weight. "vs year earlier" compares export value with the same month one year before and is left blank when that month was under $10,000. Source: Korea Customs Service, via data.go.kr.