South Korea exports to Hungary

헝가리 · latest month: October 2026

Exports, October 2026

$429.5M

-26.2% vs previous month

vs same month a year earlier

+66.7%

export value

Exports, last 12 months

$4.33B

+8.5% vs 12 months before

Rank among destinations

of 239, last 12 months

Imports, last 12 months

$867.7M

balance $3.46B

In October 2026, South Korea exported $429.5 million of goods to Hungary, down 26.2% from September 2026 and up 66.7% from October 2025.

Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of goods to Hungary totalled $4.33 billion, up 8.5% from the 12 months before ($3.99 billion).

Hungary ranked 28th of 239 destinations for Korean goods over the 12 months to October 2026, the same position as in the 12 months before.

The largest chapter was pharmaceutical products (HS 30), with $1.11 billion or 25.7% of exports to Hungary.

Imports from Hungary in October 2026 were $82.9 million (up 10.6% from October 2025), leaving a surplus of $346.7 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 Hungary: chapters

Export value by HS chapter over the 12 months to October 2026; the largest 25 of 80.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
30	Pharmaceutical products	$1.11B	25.7%	+5.1%	$85.9M
28	Inorganic chemicals	$992.1M	22.9%	-17.2%	$67.4M
85	Electrical machinery and electronics	$717.4M	16.6%	+65.2%	$79.4M
84	Machinery, boilers and computers	$557.6M	12.9%	+86.1%	$118.3M
87	Vehicles, parts and accessories	$266.8M	6.2%	-22.8%	$20.9M
39	Plastics and articles thereof	$263.9M	6.1%	+8.2%	$19.3M
90	Optical, measuring and medical instruments	$169.9M	3.9%	+50.9%	$22.8M
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	$45.2M	1.0%	-3.0%	$2.1M
74	Copper and articles thereof	$38.4M	0.9%	-59.2%	$2.0M
40	Rubber and articles thereof	$37.7M	0.9%	+7.3%	$2.0M
72	Iron and steel	$19.1M	0.4%	-45.9%	$282K
73	Articles of iron or steel	$16.8M	0.4%	+5.8%	$1.3M
94	Furniture, bedding and lighting	$16.6M	0.4%	+2,365%	$1.3M
82	Tools and cutlery of base metal	$15.1M	0.3%	+30.1%	$1.1M
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	$15.0M	0.3%	+3.6%	$1.5M
33	Essential oils, perfumery and cosmetics	$7.6M	0.2%	+44.8%	$748K
86	Railway and tramway equipment	$5.8M	0.1%	+227.5%	$17K
35	Glues, modified starches and enzymes	$4.1M	0.1%	+50.2%	$377K
29	Organic chemicals	$3.1M	0.1%	-43.2%	$413K
32	Dyes, pigments, paints and inks	$2.8M	0.1%	+28.2%	$299K
83	Miscellaneous articles of base metal	$2.5M	0.1%	+9.0%	$267K
59	Coated or laminated textile fabrics	$2.5M	0.1%	-44.6%	$277K
68	Articles of stone, plaster, cement or mica	$2.0M	0.0%	+103.6%	$291K
34	Soap, washing preparations and waxes	$1.8M	0.0%	+6.3%	$112K
70	Glass and glassware	$1.7M	0.0%	-38.6%	$185K

Largest 4-digit headings

The 30 largest of 537 headings exported to Hungary in the same 12 months.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
3002	Blood products, vaccines and immunological products	$1.11B	25.7%	+5.1%	$85.8M
2841	Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids	$970.8M	22.4%	-18.4%	$66.8M
8523	Solid-state storage devices, discs and other recording media	$334.6M	7.7%	+530.8%	$46.8M
8703	Passenger cars	$176.5M	4.1%	-36.5%	$10.8M
8473	Parts and accessories for computers and office machines	$146.9M	3.4%	+942.1%	$60.1M
8479	Machines and mechanical appliances with individual functions	$143.6M	3.3%	+103.8%	$28.1M
8542	Electronic integrated circuits (semiconductor chips)	$133.4M	3.1%	+371.2%	$9.0M
8507	Rechargeable batteries (electric accumulators)	$72.0M	1.7%	-27.3%	$3.8M
8428	Lifts, escalators, conveyors and other handling machinery	$69.1M	1.6%	+470.3%	$10.3M
3903	Polymers of styrene, in primary forms	$63.6M	1.5%	+24.4%	$3.4M
9032	Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus	$62.5M	1.4%	-3.8%	$4.0M
3921	Other plates, sheets and film of plastics	$60.7M	1.4%	+10.8%	$5.3M
8708	Parts and accessories of motor vehicles	$54.9M	1.3%	+10.0%	$4.4M
9031	Measuring or checking instruments and machines	$44.2M	1.0%	+734.0%	$11.5M
3907	Polyethers, epoxide resins and polyesters, in primary forms	$35.7M	0.8%	-33.2%	$2.9M
7606	Aluminium plates, sheets and strip	$35.7M	0.8%	+21.3%	$1.7M
3902	Polymers of propylene, in primary forms	$34.7M	0.8%	+5.2%	$2.4M
8704	Motor vehicles for the transport of goods	$33.9M	0.8%	+95.4%	$5.5M
8524	Flat panel display modules	$33.1M	0.8%	-75.3%	$8,784
8414	Air or vacuum pumps, compressors and fans	$28.3M	0.7%	-40.4%	$1.4M
8515	Welding, soldering and brazing machines	$27.8M	0.6%	+3,673%	$5.2M
8536	Electrical switches, connectors and circuit protection (up to 1,000 V)	$25.9M	0.6%	-30.9%	$1.5M
8422	Dishwashers and packaging, filling or labelling machinery	$23.2M	0.5%	+596.6%	$8.3M
7409	Copper plates, sheets and strip (over 0.15 mm thick)	$20.0M	0.5%	+9.3%	$1.4M
3906	Acrylic polymers in primary forms	$19.2M	0.4%	+69.4%	$1.8M
8462	Presses and metal forging, bending or shearing machines	$18.6M	0.4%	+3,342%	$0
8421	Centrifuges and filtering or purifying machinery	$17.8M	0.4%	+25.4%	$1.8M
8543	Electrical machines and apparatus with individual functions	$17.7M	0.4%	+102.4%	$7.7M
4011	New pneumatic tyres, of rubber	$16.7M	0.4%	+8.3%	$612K
9403	Other furniture and parts thereof	$16.1M	0.4%	+4,915%	$1.3M

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

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

Monthly figures

Month	Exports	vs year earlier	Export weight	Export $/kg	Imports	Import weight
October 2026	$429.5M	+66.7%	13,649 t	$31.47	$82.9M	2,777 t
September 2026	$582.3M	+100.2%	18,750 t	$31.05	$66.6M	2,738 t
August 2026	$343.4M	+62.3%	17,457 t	$19.67	$92.1M	3,005 t
July 2026	$262.1M	-25.5%	16,672 t	$15.72	$64.9M	3,223 t
June 2026	$391.6M	+3.1%	19,609 t	$19.97	$113.6M	3,231 t
May 2026	$250.1M	-35.9%	16,853 t	$14.84	$65.8M	3,277 t
April 2026	$375.9M	+2.4%	27,638 t	$13.60	$61.3M	3,179 t
March 2026	$372.5M	-12.3%	19,532 t	$19.07	$62.3M	2,459 t
February 2026	$420.1M	+26.6%	22,326 t	$18.82	$67.7M	1,576 t
January 2026	$282.2M	+10.9%	24,788 t	$11.38	$71.4M	2,827 t
December 2025	$266.3M	-13.7%	19,486 t	$13.67	$64.3M	2,510 t
November 2025	$354.0M	-15.8%	19,364 t	$18.28	$54.8M	2,110 t
October 2025	$257.7M	-9.5%	17,011 t	$15.15	$74.9M	4,161 t
September 2025	$290.8M	-18.2%	25,920 t	$11.22	$76.7M	3,948 t
August 2025	$211.6M	-54.4%	21,988 t	$9.62	$67.2M	2,633 t
July 2025	$351.9M	-29.6%	23,222 t	$15.15	$70.1M	2,965 t
June 2025	$379.8M	-19.0%	23,325 t	$16.28	$82.2M	3,097 t
May 2025	$390.0M	-15.2%	24,404 t	$15.98	$54.2M	2,883 t
April 2025	$367.1M	-17.6%	25,701 t	$14.28	$69.2M	4,292 t
March 2025	$424.8M	-1.7%	25,922 t	$16.39	$65.0M	2,372 t
February 2025	$331.9M	-33.6%	23,492 t	$14.13	$86.0M	3,877 t
January 2025	$254.5M	-53.0%	17,293 t	$14.72	$56.5M	1,883 t
December 2024	$308.6M	-37.6%	20,896 t	$14.77	$82.4M	5,333 t
November 2024	$420.6M	+1.7%	20,071 t	$20.95	$48.8M	1,757 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.