South Korea exports to Colombia

콜롬비아 · latest month: October 2026

Exports, October 2026

$170.4M

+18.5% vs previous month

vs same month a year earlier

+66.0%

export value

Exports, last 12 months

$1.64B

+24.7% vs 12 months before

Rank among destinations

of 239, last 12 months

Imports, last 12 months

$1.44B

balance $197.6M

In October 2026, South Korea exported $170.4 million of goods to Colombia, up 18.5% from September 2026 and up 66.0% from October 2025.

Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of goods to Colombia totalled $1.64 billion, up 24.7% from the 12 months before ($1.31 billion).

Colombia ranked 46th of 239 destinations for Korean goods over the 12 months to October 2026, up from 49th in the 12 months before.

The largest chapter was vehicles, parts and accessories (HS 87), with $904.6 million or 55.2% of exports to Colombia.

Imports from Colombia in October 2026 were $198.5 million (up 93.8% from October 2025), leaving a deficit of $28.1 million 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 Colombia: chapters

Export value by HS chapter over the 12 months to October 2026; the largest 25 of 82.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
87	Vehicles, parts and accessories	$904.6M	55.2%	+48.1%	$114.5M
39	Plastics and articles thereof	$140.7M	8.6%	+2.5%	$10.6M
84	Machinery, boilers and computers	$122.8M	7.5%	+39.9%	$8.7M
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	$95.4M	5.8%	+95.1%	$6.1M
72	Iron and steel	$71.3M	4.4%	-43.3%	$2.8M
30	Pharmaceutical products	$40.5M	2.5%	+27.2%	$5.4M
29	Organic chemicals	$35.0M	2.1%	+10.0%	$2.0M
85	Electrical machinery and electronics	$33.9M	2.1%	-6.2%	$4.2M
90	Optical, measuring and medical instruments	$32.6M	2.0%	+9.3%	$2.3M
34	Soap, washing preparations and waxes	$23.3M	1.4%	-1.1%	$2.1M
33	Essential oils, perfumery and cosmetics	$22.1M	1.3%	+138.4%	$1.7M
40	Rubber and articles thereof	$19.6M	1.2%	-2.7%	$1.7M
48	Paper and paperboard	$17.5M	1.1%	+14.2%	$2.4M
27	Mineral fuels, oils and their products	$15.3M	0.9%	+47.6%	$1.0M
28	Inorganic chemicals	$13.3M	0.8%	+43.3%	$1.1M
25	Salt, sulphur, stone, lime and cement	$7.2M	0.4%	+88.9%	$0
54	Man-made filaments	$4.4M	0.3%	+19.8%	$453K
56	Wadding, felt, nonwovens and cordage	$3.6M	0.2%	+94.9%	$226K
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	$3.5M	0.2%	-30.6%	$160K
73	Articles of iron or steel	$3.1M	0.2%	+11.8%	$931K
96	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	$2.8M	0.2%	+109.9%	$182K
95	Toys, games and sports equipment	$2.3M	0.1%	+205.9%	$146K
19	Preparations of cereals, flour or milk, and bakery products	$2.2M	0.1%	+179.4%	$283K
32	Dyes, pigments, paints and inks	$2.1M	0.1%	-17.9%	$203K
21	Miscellaneous edible preparations	$2.1M	0.1%	+42.4%	$21K

Largest 4-digit headings

The 30 largest of 504 headings exported to Colombia in the same 12 months.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
8703	Passenger cars	$819.5M	50.0%	+53.6%	$110.8M
3817	Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes	$71.4M	4.4%	+151.6%	$4.2M
8429	Bulldozers, excavators and other earth-moving machinery	$48.2M	2.9%	+106.2%	$1.1M
8704	Motor vehicles for the transport of goods	$43.8M	2.7%	+24.2%	$642K
7210	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, coated or plated	$41.0M	2.5%	+69.2%	$1.8M
3002	Blood products, vaccines and immunological products	$37.1M	2.3%	+38.6%	$5.0M
8708	Parts and accessories of motor vehicles	$35.8M	2.2%	-2.7%	$3.1M
3903	Polymers of styrene, in primary forms	$33.5M	2.0%	+61.7%	$2.8M
3402	Surfactants, detergents and cleaning preparations	$21.6M	1.3%	-2.7%	$2.0M
3907	Polyethers, epoxide resins and polyesters, in primary forms	$21.5M	1.3%	+6.8%	$1.5M
3304	Beauty, make-up and skin care preparations	$19.5M	1.2%	+152.1%	$1.6M
3901	Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms	$18.6M	1.1%	+40.5%	$1.2M
3902	Polymers of propylene, in primary forms	$17.3M	1.1%	-51.1%	$419K
3906	Acrylic polymers in primary forms	$16.0M	1.0%	-0.5%	$1.9M
2710	Refined petroleum oils	$15.2M	0.9%	+48.2%	$1.0M
2929	Compounds with other nitrogen function	$14.8M	0.9%	+39.6%	$185K
9018	Medical, surgical and dental instruments	$14.7M	0.9%	+18.8%	$1.8M
8450	Washing machines, household or laundry-type	$14.6M	0.9%	+13.8%	$696K
8507	Rechargeable batteries (electric accumulators)	$12.6M	0.8%	-1.3%	$1.5M
7209	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, cold-rolled	$12.1M	0.7%	-73.9%	$0
8418	Refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps	$10.9M	0.7%	+31.2%	$1.3M
4011	New pneumatic tyres, of rubber	$10.4M	0.6%	-30.8%	$519K
3808	Insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and disinfectants	$10.1M	0.6%	-6.4%	$17K
2917	Polycarboxylic acids and their derivatives	$9.8M	0.6%	-14.2%	$873K
7208	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, hot-rolled	$9.6M	0.6%	-48.4%	$0
4811	Paper and paperboard, coated, impregnated or surface-decorated	$9.3M	0.6%	-0.3%	$1.4M
8415	Air conditioners	$8.2M	0.5%	-5.8%	$1.0M
3822	Diagnostic and laboratory reagents (including test kits)	$8.0M	0.5%	+30.9%	$835K
8431	Parts for cranes, excavators and other heavy machinery	$7.7M	0.5%	+16.4%	$856K
2523	Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, etc.	$7.2M	0.4%	+89.6%	$0

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

Featured industry: cosmetics exports to Colombia, by 6-digit product.

Monthly figures

Month	Exports	vs year earlier	Export weight	Export $/kg	Imports	Import weight
October 2026	$170.4M	+66.0%	27,813 t	$6.13	$198.5M	969,757 t
September 2026	$143.8M	-14.7%	25,795 t	$5.57	$158.6M	673,341 t
August 2026	$128.2M	+35.6%	79,695 t	$1.61	$183.4M	959,121 t
July 2026	$134.2M	+4.6%	76,064 t	$1.76	$154.6M	1,029,934 t
June 2026	$137.4M	-4.2%	83,481 t	$1.65	$53.8M	177,370 t
May 2026	$158.0M	+23.9%	26,389 t	$5.99	$73.3M	101,219 t
April 2026	$157.4M	+43.7%	37,297 t	$4.22	$105.5M	695,485 t
March 2026	$136.3M	+25.9%	83,702 t	$1.63	$52.1M	97,489 t
February 2026	$113.2M	+39.7%	39,708 t	$2.85	$67.9M	418,497 t
January 2026	$105.2M	+58.2%	83,437 t	$1.26	$114.1M	896,018 t
December 2025	$137.9M	+41.7%	37,759 t	$3.65	$179.2M	1,493,006 t
November 2025	$116.3M	+34.4%	35,224 t	$3.30	$99.4M	654,533 t
October 2025	$102.6M	+12.3%	39,435 t	$2.60	$102.4M	696,762 t
September 2025	$168.6M	+106.8%	62,720 t	$2.69	$55.6M	208,367 t
August 2025	$94.5M	+26.5%	86,648 t	$1.09	$83.1M	457,830 t
July 2025	$128.3M	+85.0%	84,451 t	$1.52	$93.2M	613,120 t
June 2025	$143.5M	+129.6%	109,050 t	$1.32	$153.0M	809,769 t
May 2025	$127.5M	+58.7%	34,515 t	$3.69	$95.4M	648,848 t
April 2025	$109.5M	+49.9%	42,753 t	$2.56	$39.8M	49,178 t
March 2025	$108.3M	+42.9%	88,479 t	$1.22	$37.5M	22,836 t
February 2025	$81.1M	-2.8%	31,045 t	$2.61	$158.3M	1,053,241 t
January 2025	$66.5M	+7.9%	31,609 t	$2.10	$95.6M	609,511 t
December 2024	$97.3M	+58.2%	51,794 t	$1.88	$70.2M	320,234 t
November 2024	$86.5M	+24.1%	21,591 t	$4.01	$147.3M	999,762 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.