South Korea exports to Italy

이탈리아 · latest month: October 2026

Exports, October 2026

$400.6M

+6.9% vs previous month

vs same month a year earlier

+29.1%

export value

Exports, last 12 months

$4.89B

+4.7% vs 12 months before

Rank among destinations

of 239, last 12 months

Imports, last 12 months

$8.86B

balance -$3.98B

In October 2026, South Korea exported $400.6 million of goods to Italy, up 6.9% from September 2026 and up 29.1% from October 2025.

Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of goods to Italy totalled $4.89 billion, up 4.7% from the 12 months before ($4.67 billion).

Italy ranked 26th of 239 destinations for Korean goods over the 12 months to October 2026, down from 25th in the 12 months before.

The largest chapter was iron and steel (HS 72), with $908.0 million or 18.6% of exports to Italy.

Imports from Italy in October 2026 were $802.9 million (up 13.3% from October 2025), leaving a deficit of $402.3 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 Italy: chapters

Export value by HS chapter over the 12 months to October 2026; the largest 25 of 89.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
72	Iron and steel	$908.0M	18.6%	-0.2%	$81.0M
87	Vehicles, parts and accessories	$810.8M	16.6%	+6.8%	$88.7M
39	Plastics and articles thereof	$709.8M	14.5%	+7.3%	$47.4M
84	Machinery, boilers and computers	$420.7M	8.6%	+10.4%	$24.9M
30	Pharmaceutical products	$378.5M	7.7%	+28.9%	$28.7M
85	Electrical machinery and electronics	$371.0M	7.6%	+8.7%	$36.2M
40	Rubber and articles thereof	$218.1M	4.5%	+19.1%	$13.9M
29	Organic chemicals	$172.8M	3.5%	-9.2%	$10.2M
90	Optical, measuring and medical instruments	$133.8M	2.7%	+12.4%	$12.5M
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	$74.3M	1.5%	-8.2%	$4.0M
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	$61.8M	1.3%	-9.4%	$2.9M
73	Articles of iron or steel	$57.7M	1.2%	-13.7%	$4.9M
03	Fish, crustaceans and other seafood	$53.7M	1.1%	+29.0%	$4.9M
54	Man-made filaments	$52.9M	1.1%	-1.8%	$4.5M
55	Man-made staple fibres	$45.9M	0.9%	+9.6%	$3.2M
28	Inorganic chemicals	$44.1M	0.9%	-4.7%	$2.1M
33	Essential oils, perfumery and cosmetics	$38.4M	0.8%	+33.4%	$2.8M
74	Copper and articles thereof	$37.7M	0.8%	+130.4%	$3.9M
71	Pearls, precious stones and precious metals	$24.7M	0.5%	+17.4%	$757K
62	Clothing, not knitted or crocheted	$23.6M	0.5%	+0.6%	$1.5M
82	Tools and cutlery of base metal	$22.3M	0.5%	+22.3%	$2.4M
48	Paper and paperboard	$22.2M	0.5%	-3.2%	$1.2M
42	Leather articles, handbags and travel goods	$20.3M	0.4%	-2.9%	$3.0M
68	Articles of stone, plaster, cement or mica	$15.2M	0.3%	+11.8%	$955K
32	Dyes, pigments, paints and inks	$13.9M	0.3%	+9.9%	$1.7M

Largest 4-digit headings

The 30 largest of 738 headings exported to Italy in the same 12 months.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
8703	Passenger cars	$716.1M	14.7%	+8.9%	$81.3M
3002	Blood products, vaccines and immunological products	$370.4M	7.6%	+30.6%	$28.2M
7208	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, hot-rolled	$217.2M	4.4%	-22.8%	$27.4M
7219	Flat-rolled products of stainless steel	$197.3M	4.0%	-7.5%	$17.6M
8517	Telephones, smartphones and network equipment	$172.9M	3.5%	+39.6%	$22.7M
3907	Polyethers, epoxide resins and polyesters, in primary forms	$148.1M	3.0%	+27.5%	$12.6M
4011	New pneumatic tyres, of rubber	$144.4M	3.0%	+17.0%	$8.8M
3902	Polymers of propylene, in primary forms	$140.8M	2.9%	-15.8%	$7.1M
3901	Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms	$138.7M	2.8%	+28.3%	$8.0M
7210	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, coated or plated	$128.9M	2.6%	-5.8%	$12.0M
7225	Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel	$111.2M	2.3%	+67.2%	$9.0M
7202	Ferro-alloys	$83.3M	1.7%	+29.7%	$8.1M
3903	Polymers of styrene, in primary forms	$70.0M	1.4%	-15.7%	$4.0M
8708	Parts and accessories of motor vehicles	$69.6M	1.4%	+8.2%	$4.1M
4002	Synthetic rubber	$64.5M	1.3%	+21.9%	$4.4M
7209	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, cold-rolled	$60.3M	1.2%	+7.3%	$5.0M
8507	Rechargeable batteries (electric accumulators)	$57.0M	1.2%	+9.1%	$3.4M
7207	Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel	$54.3M	1.1%	+38.8%	$0
7601	Unwrought aluminium	$49.6M	1.0%	+35.0%	$2.8M
8458	Lathes(including turning centres) for removing metal	$48.8M	1.0%	-16.1%	$4.4M
5503	Synthetic staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning	$45.4M	0.9%	+9.5%	$3.2M
9018	Medical, surgical and dental instruments	$43.5M	0.9%	-3.8%	$3.5M
0304	Fish fillets and other fish meat	$43.4M	0.9%	+34.2%	$4.2M
3904	Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms	$41.3M	0.8%	+58.1%	$3.4M
2941	Antibiotics	$41.2M	0.8%	-25.4%	$952K
3906	Acrylic polymers in primary forms	$36.9M	0.8%	-5.6%	$2.6M
3304	Beauty, make-up and skin care preparations	$35.0M	0.7%	+35.9%	$2.3M
2917	Polycarboxylic acids and their derivatives	$33.7M	0.7%	-16.2%	$2.3M
5402	Synthetic filament yarn	$32.3M	0.7%	-6.1%	$2.9M
3822	Diagnostic and laboratory reagents (including test kits)	$32.2M	0.7%	+5.4%	$2.8M

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

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

Monthly figures

Month	Exports	vs year earlier	Export weight	Export $/kg	Imports	Import weight
October 2026	$400.6M	+29.1%	135,667 t	$2.95	$802.9M	160,394 t
September 2026	$374.6M	-13.0%	116,235 t	$3.22	$757.3M	97,500 t
August 2026	$354.6M	+4.6%	136,443 t	$2.60	$722.6M	113,818 t
July 2026	$425.9M	+2.0%	127,706 t	$3.33	$734.6M	40,345 t
June 2026	$421.0M	+18.7%	129,685 t	$3.25	$761.5M	52,280 t
May 2026	$431.4M	+11.6%	133,735 t	$3.23	$720.2M	101,247 t
April 2026	$463.7M	+11.1%	166,302 t	$2.79	$697.4M	61,162 t
March 2026	$489.0M	+25.0%	208,555 t	$2.34	$885.3M	66,629 t
February 2026	$391.8M	+5.0%	186,073 t	$2.11	$636.5M	116,506 t
January 2026	$405.8M	+20.9%	169,243 t	$2.40	$628.9M	37,904 t
December 2025	$428.7M	-13.9%	191,101 t	$2.24	$746.1M	99,466 t
November 2025	$299.5M	-27.8%	93,776 t	$3.19	$771.4M	109,093 t
October 2025	$310.3M	-14.9%	117,511 t	$2.64	$708.8M	130,109 t
September 2025	$430.5M	+21.6%	138,598 t	$3.11	$775.0M	40,742 t
August 2025	$339.2M	-27.3%	145,309 t	$2.33	$580.7M	47,127 t
July 2025	$417.5M	-2.4%	193,107 t	$2.16	$677.4M	37,129 t
June 2025	$354.8M	+0.8%	118,470 t	$3.00	$903.4M	48,273 t
May 2025	$386.5M	-3.8%	134,089 t	$2.88	$579.3M	64,580 t
April 2025	$417.5M	-15.0%	161,998 t	$2.58	$544.1M	43,491 t
March 2025	$391.1M	-4.7%	161,521 t	$2.42	$564.3M	36,669 t
February 2025	$373.2M	-5.8%	194,482 t	$1.92	$588.2M	34,019 t
January 2025	$335.7M	-9.7%	157,496 t	$2.13	$461.2M	31,455 t
December 2024	$498.1M	+23.1%	311,006 t	$1.60	$622.6M	42,879 t
November 2024	$414.6M	+12.5%	164,406 t	$2.52	$547.2M	33,148 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.