South Korea exports to France

프랑스 · latest month: October 2026

Exports, October 2026

$528.3M

+3.2% vs previous month

vs same month a year earlier

+11.5%

export value

Exports, last 12 months

$5.31B

-19.5% vs 12 months before

Rank among destinations

of 239, last 12 months

Imports, last 12 months

$9.20B

balance -$3.89B

In October 2026, South Korea exported $528.3 million of goods to France, up 3.2% from September 2026 and up 11.5% from October 2025.

Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of goods to France totalled $5.31 billion, down 19.5% from the 12 months before ($6.59 billion).

France ranked 24th of 239 destinations for Korean goods over the 12 months to October 2026, down from 22nd in the 12 months before.

The largest chapter was ships and boats (HS 89), with $1.73 billion or 32.7% of exports to France.

Imports from France in October 2026 were $862.1 million (up 10.9% from October 2025), leaving a deficit of $333.9 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 France: chapters

Export value by HS chapter over the 12 months to October 2026; the largest 25 of 90.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
89	Ships and boats	$1.73B	32.7%	-42.6%	$214.9M
87	Vehicles, parts and accessories	$816.8M	15.4%	-14.5%	$99.0M
85	Electrical machinery and electronics	$681.9M	12.9%	+24.3%	$59.0M
84	Machinery, boilers and computers	$324.5M	6.1%	-31.8%	$25.0M
30	Pharmaceutical products	$267.6M	5.0%	+152.5%	$7.2M
39	Plastics and articles thereof	$154.8M	2.9%	+14.7%	$10.9M
90	Optical, measuring and medical instruments	$142.2M	2.7%	-16.8%	$12.6M
33	Essential oils, perfumery and cosmetics	$133.9M	2.5%	+0.4%	$13.4M
40	Rubber and articles thereof	$118.7M	2.2%	+24.8%	$7.6M
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	$114.5M	2.2%	+7.4%	$10.4M
29	Organic chemicals	$103.1M	1.9%	-20.4%	$4.0M
88	Aircraft and spacecraft	$97.9M	1.8%	-43.3%	$10.2M
03	Fish, crustaceans and other seafood	$83.8M	1.6%	+41.9%	$8.4M
73	Articles of iron or steel	$67.9M	1.3%	+80.1%	$6.4M
71	Pearls, precious stones and precious metals	$66.7M	1.3%	+203.5%	$4.2M
82	Tools and cutlery of base metal	$59.9M	1.1%	-1.7%	$4.3M
74	Copper and articles thereof	$34.9M	0.7%	+34.3%	$7.8M
97	Works of art and antiques	$32.0M	0.6%	+99.9%	$879K
48	Paper and paperboard	$20.1M	0.4%	+19.5%	$1.4M
72	Iron and steel	$18.0M	0.3%	-44.4%	$929K
27	Mineral fuels, oils and their products	$17.5M	0.3%	-71.8%	$445K
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	$16.4M	0.3%	+21.3%	$1.7M
83	Miscellaneous articles of base metal	$14.4M	0.3%	+36.8%	$1.7M
55	Man-made staple fibres	$12.5M	0.2%	-17.3%	$950K
42	Leather articles, handbags and travel goods	$11.8M	0.2%	-17.4%	$743K

Largest 4-digit headings

The 30 largest of 737 headings exported to France in the same 12 months.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
8901	Cargo ships, tankers and passenger ships	$1.73B	32.7%	-42.6%	$214.9M
8703	Passenger cars	$676.9M	12.8%	-19.8%	$82.8M
8517	Telephones, smartphones and network equipment	$267.1M	5.0%	+70.2%	$26.3M
3002	Blood products, vaccines and immunological products	$231.8M	4.4%	+216.6%	$4.8M
8542	Electronic integrated circuits (semiconductor chips)	$160.6M	3.0%	+5.3%	$9.5M
3304	Beauty, make-up and skin care preparations	$123.6M	2.3%	+6.8%	$12.4M
4011	New pneumatic tyres, of rubber	$101.9M	1.9%	+27.4%	$6.1M
8708	Parts and accessories of motor vehicles	$99.2M	1.9%	+1.9%	$8.8M
8507	Rechargeable batteries (electric accumulators)	$92.5M	1.7%	+11.8%	$9.9M
0304	Fish fillets and other fish meat	$76.2M	1.4%	+30.7%	$7.5M
8807	Parts of aircraft and spacecraft	$75.8M	1.4%	+1.0%	$7.5M
7113	Jewellery of precious metal	$59.0M	1.1%	+237.1%	$4.1M
8479	Machines and mechanical appliances with individual functions	$57.2M	1.1%	-68.2%	$5.4M
3818	Doped chemical elements for electronics (wafers)	$57.2M	1.1%	-3.3%	$4.5M
9018	Medical, surgical and dental instruments	$56.2M	1.1%	-6.3%	$5.7M
2932	Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only	$53.8M	1.0%	-31.0%	$0
8207	Interchangeable tools for hand tools or machine tools	$44.6M	0.8%	+0.1%	$2.9M
9022	X-ray and radiation apparatus	$42.4M	0.8%	-37.3%	$3.1M
3822	Diagnostic and laboratory reagents (including test kits)	$41.8M	0.8%	+16.7%	$4.4M
7309	Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers for any material, etc.	$36.6M	0.7%	+7,389%	$4.5M
8704	Motor vehicles for the transport of goods	$36.6M	0.7%	+314.9%	$7.4M
3907	Polyethers, epoxide resins and polyesters, in primary forms	$34.7M	0.7%	+21.3%	$2.5M
8473	Parts and accessories for computers and office machines	$34.0M	0.6%	+17.8%	$114K
9701	Paintings, drawings and pastels, executed entirely by hand, etc.	$28.9M	0.5%	+113.0%	$656K
8543	Electrical machines and apparatus with individual functions	$25.0M	0.5%	+35.8%	$2.6M
7419	Other articles of copper	$23.2M	0.4%	+22.1%	$4.8M
8523	Solid-state storage devices, discs and other recording media	$22.8M	0.4%	+55.8%	$532K
8806	Unmanned aircraft	$20.8M	0.4%	+125.0%	$2.7M
8482	Ball or roller bearings	$18.8M	0.4%	-1.6%	$1.4M
8408	Diesel engines	$18.1M	0.3%	+7.2%	$1.1M

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

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

Monthly figures

Month	Exports	vs year earlier	Export weight	Export $/kg	Imports	Import weight
October 2026	$528.3M	+11.5%	55,012 t	$9.60	$862.1M	27,598 t
September 2026	$512.1M	-3.2%	57,810 t	$8.86	$630.5M	32,628 t
August 2026	$265.0M	-72.9%	21,913 t	$12.09	$704.8M	27,273 t
July 2026	$564.2M	0.0%	63,063 t	$8.95	$627.1M	25,392 t
June 2026	$340.8M	-42.8%	26,005 t	$13.11	$773.9M	34,592 t
May 2026	$276.7M	-44.8%	21,560 t	$12.83	$616.5M	32,899 t
April 2026	$778.1M	+73.6%	93,296 t	$8.34	$788.1M	27,468 t
March 2026	$317.7M	-33.6%	26,943 t	$11.79	$1.13B	28,167 t
February 2026	$225.3M	-22.7%	24,370 t	$9.24	$625.5M	22,609 t
January 2026	$483.7M	+1.5%	53,324 t	$9.07	$826.4M	33,508 t
December 2025	$281.8M	-45.3%	28,335 t	$9.94	$799.7M	55,358 t
November 2025	$732.8M	-0.6%	89,103 t	$8.22	$813.8M	25,381 t
October 2025	$473.7M	+54.4%	56,774 t	$8.34	$777.6M	31,227 t
September 2025	$529.1M	+1.4%	49,877 t	$10.61	$758.3M	28,719 t
August 2025	$977.5M	+22.6%	151,082 t	$6.47	$621.9M	24,326 t
July 2025	$564.2M	+110.6%	141,330 t	$3.99	$831.3M	36,551 t
June 2025	$595.8M	+37.3%	76,053 t	$7.83	$737.0M	29,635 t
May 2025	$501.0M	+51.5%	59,731 t	$8.39	$604.0M	29,400 t
April 2025	$448.1M	-11.1%	52,256 t	$8.58	$733.3M	27,821 t
March 2025	$478.7M	-4.9%	54,327 t	$8.81	$665.2M	26,882 t
February 2025	$291.3M	-13.0%	36,947 t	$7.88	$818.4M	23,609 t
January 2025	$476.7M	+75.3%	149,568 t	$3.19	$482.9M	25,614 t
December 2024	$515.1M	+35.6%	135,978 t	$3.79	$1.15B	25,376 t
November 2024	$736.9M	+40.4%	153,033 t	$4.82	$625.0M	24,744 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.