South Korea exports to Egypt

이집트 · latest month: October 2026

Exports, October 2026

$163.0M

-28.3% vs previous month

vs same month a year earlier

+65.5%

export value

Exports, last 12 months

$2.37B

+64.4% vs 12 months before

Rank among destinations

of 239, last 12 months

Imports, last 12 months

$207.8M

balance $2.16B

In October 2026, South Korea exported $163.0 million of goods to Egypt, down 28.3% from September 2026 and up 65.5% from October 2025.

Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of goods to Egypt totalled $2.37 billion, up 64.4% from the 12 months before ($1.44 billion).

Egypt ranked 38th of 239 destinations for Korean goods over the 12 months to October 2026, up from 46th in the 12 months before.

The largest chapter was arms and ammunition (HS 93), with $661.4 million or 27.9% of exports to Egypt.

Imports from Egypt in October 2026 were $4.4 million (down 36.6% from October 2025), leaving a surplus of $158.6 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 Egypt: chapters

Export value by HS chapter over the 12 months to October 2026; the largest 25 of 75.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
93	Arms and ammunition	$661.4M	27.9%	+134.5%	$0
85	Electrical machinery and electronics	$387.2M	16.3%	+125.9%	$44.5M
87	Vehicles, parts and accessories	$364.1M	15.3%	+14.0%	$23.8M
84	Machinery, boilers and computers	$221.9M	9.4%	+17.1%	$15.6M
86	Railway and tramway equipment	$155.2M	6.5%	+2,520%	$10.3M
39	Plastics and articles thereof	$141.1M	5.9%	-3.0%	$17.4M
29	Organic chemicals	$132.2M	5.6%	+327.9%	$7.1M
72	Iron and steel	$50.9M	2.1%	-9.8%	$3.7M
90	Optical, measuring and medical instruments	$45.8M	1.9%	-23.1%	$4.0M
40	Rubber and articles thereof	$31.2M	1.3%	+32.6%	$2.2M
89	Ships and boats	$23.2M	1.0%	–	$23.2M
30	Pharmaceutical products	$23.1M	1.0%	-20.9%	$1.1M
32	Dyes, pigments, paints and inks	$22.9M	1.0%	+22.2%	$2.6M
73	Articles of iron or steel	$18.5M	0.8%	+11.1%	$636K
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	$15.5M	0.7%	+5.0%	$829K
27	Mineral fuels, oils and their products	$10.7M	0.5%	+156.9%	$189K
94	Furniture, bedding and lighting	$7.0M	0.3%	-2.8%	$1.3M
82	Tools and cutlery of base metal	$5.0M	0.2%	+66.3%	$191K
74	Copper and articles thereof	$4.6M	0.2%	-10.8%	$361K
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	$4.5M	0.2%	+75.6%	$856K
03	Fish, crustaceans and other seafood	$4.3M	0.2%	-3.9%	$418K
83	Miscellaneous articles of base metal	$4.0M	0.2%	+30.5%	$276K
28	Inorganic chemicals	$3.8M	0.2%	-2.0%	$428K
35	Glues, modified starches and enzymes	$3.3M	0.1%	+93.7%	$62K
54	Man-made filaments	$3.3M	0.1%	-60.5%	$301K

Largest 4-digit headings

The 30 largest of 508 headings exported to Egypt in the same 12 months.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
9305	Parts and accessories of weapons	$515.7M	21.7%	+105.9%	$0
8542	Electronic integrated circuits (semiconductor chips)	$290.0M	12.2%	+217.4%	$37.7M
8703	Passenger cars	$193.9M	8.2%	-20.4%	$17.4M
9301	Military weapons (artillery, rocket launchers and others)	$144.1M	6.1%	+357.8%	$0
2917	Polycarboxylic acids and their derivatives	$96.8M	4.1%	+1,560%	$3.9M
8710	Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles	$83.2M	3.5%	+21,749%	$0
8708	Parts and accessories of motor vehicles	$80.7M	3.4%	+15.1%	$5.8M
8603	Self-propelled railway or tramway coaches	$80.6M	3.4%	–	$0
8607	Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock	$74.5M	3.1%	+1,271%	$10.3M
3902	Polymers of propylene, in primary forms	$39.2M	1.7%	+0.3%	$5.7M
7210	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, coated or plated	$32.3M	1.4%	+0.4%	$3.3M
3903	Polymers of styrene, in primary forms	$27.7M	1.2%	-7.9%	$2.4M
8404	Auxiliary plant for boilers; steam condensers	$24.2M	1.0%	+9,894%	$0
8413	Pumps for liquids	$23.6M	1.0%	+432.8%	$226K
8901	Cargo ships, tankers and passenger ships	$23.2M	1.0%	–	$23.2M
8429	Bulldozers, excavators and other earth-moving machinery	$22.5M	0.9%	+93.3%	$2.0M
4011	New pneumatic tyres, of rubber	$22.1M	0.9%	+18.3%	$1.5M
8524	Flat panel display modules	$20.1M	0.8%	+67.4%	$477K
3901	Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms	$19.6M	0.8%	+4.3%	$1.6M
8409	Parts for internal combustion engines	$18.8M	0.8%	+8.2%	$2.1M
3204	Synthetic organic dyes and pigments	$17.0M	0.7%	+28.0%	$2.2M
2929	Compounds with other nitrogen function	$16.3M	0.7%	+69.1%	$1.7M
9001	Optical fibres, polarising sheets and lenses	$16.0M	0.7%	-43.8%	$1.9M
8415	Air conditioners	$15.1M	0.6%	-16.4%	$2.0M
8544	Insulated wire and cable	$13.9M	0.6%	+57.2%	$2.6M
9018	Medical, surgical and dental instruments	$11.7M	0.5%	+22.1%	$700K
8450	Washing machines, household or laundry-type	$11.6M	0.5%	+131.9%	$1.5M
3907	Polyethers, epoxide resins and polyesters, in primary forms	$11.4M	0.5%	-26.2%	$699K
7208	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, hot-rolled	$10.1M	0.4%	-39.9%	$189K
8479	Machines and mechanical appliances with individual functions	$9.5M	0.4%	-65.0%	$530K

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

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

Monthly figures

Month	Exports	vs year earlier	Export weight	Export $/kg	Imports	Import weight
October 2026	$163.0M	+65.5%	138,109 t	$1.18	$4.4M	13,757 t
September 2026	$227.3M	+29.3%	37,447 t	$6.07	$8.6M	20,743 t
August 2026	$152.8M	+1.8%	22,652 t	$6.75	$6.2M	12,866 t
July 2026	$272.6M	+184.7%	54,161 t	$5.03	$10.8M	15,808 t
June 2026	$152.6M	-16.4%	58,777 t	$2.60	$5.1M	10,067 t
May 2026	$147.6M	+69.1%	19,328 t	$7.64	$81.9M	81,322 t
April 2026	$275.9M	+169.4%	21,172 t	$13.03	$18.9M	27,184 t
March 2026	$142.4M	+9.7%	48,411 t	$2.94	$47.8M	81,641 t
February 2026	$274.1M	+133.8%	39,476 t	$6.94	$4.4M	12,766 t
January 2026	$126.4M	+38.0%	22,540 t	$5.61	$8.4M	19,062 t
December 2025	$125.3M	+2.6%	45,799 t	$2.74	$5.4M	11,911 t
November 2025	$311.9M	+248.5%	25,281 t	$12.34	$6.0M	19,049 t
October 2025	$98.5M	-35.0%	25,308 t	$3.89	$7.0M	22,170 t
September 2025	$175.8M	+18.8%	28,506 t	$6.17	$5.6M	18,630 t
August 2025	$150.2M	+56.6%	22,835 t	$6.58	$4.8M	10,202 t
July 2025	$95.7M	-12.2%	19,994 t	$4.79	$6.0M	17,725 t
June 2025	$182.5M	+109.7%	23,096 t	$7.90	$3.9M	14,051 t
May 2025	$87.3M	-21.0%	20,888 t	$4.18	$4.8M	12,191 t
April 2025	$102.4M	-9.8%	25,192 t	$4.07	$12.0M	18,222 t
March 2025	$129.7M	+8.4%	33,428 t	$3.88	$5.1M	17,402 t
February 2025	$117.2M	+5.2%	26,261 t	$4.46	$5.0M	14,040 t
January 2025	$91.6M	-15.4%	20,217 t	$4.53	$6.0M	25,066 t
December 2024	$122.2M	+5.2%	26,287 t	$4.65	$7.1M	27,722 t
November 2024	$89.5M	-18.6%	24,635 t	$3.63	$3.9M	15,380 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.