South Korea exports to Kuwait

쿠웨이트 · latest month: October 2026

Exports, October 2026

$22.8M

-57.5% vs previous month

vs same month a year earlier

-24.8%

export value

Exports, last 12 months

$463.0M

-20.6% vs 12 months before

Rank among destinations

of 239, last 12 months

Imports, last 12 months

$5.70B

balance -$5.23B

In October 2026, South Korea exported $22.8 million of goods to Kuwait, down 57.5% from September 2026 and down 24.8% from October 2025.

Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of goods to Kuwait totalled $463.0 million, down 20.6% from the 12 months before ($583.1 million).

Kuwait ranked 72nd of 239 destinations for Korean goods over the 12 months to October 2026, down from 64th in the 12 months before.

The largest chapter was electrical machinery and electronics (HS 85), with $181.3 million or 39.2% of exports to Kuwait.

Imports from Kuwait in October 2026 were $625.7 million (down 24.4% from October 2025), leaving a deficit of $602.9 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 Kuwait: chapters

Export value by HS chapter over the 12 months to October 2026; the largest 25 of 86.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
85	Electrical machinery and electronics	$181.3M	39.2%	-20.9%	$1.6M
87	Vehicles, parts and accessories	$103.2M	22.3%	-38.3%	$6.7M
84	Machinery, boilers and computers	$57.6M	12.4%	+46.0%	$2.1M
33	Essential oils, perfumery and cosmetics	$26.9M	5.8%	+15.4%	$3.4M
39	Plastics and articles thereof	$14.7M	3.2%	-34.7%	$482K
90	Optical, measuring and medical instruments	$14.1M	3.1%	+49.7%	$1.6M
40	Rubber and articles thereof	$8.1M	1.7%	-15.9%	$848K
19	Preparations of cereals, flour or milk, and bakery products	$7.9M	1.7%	+14.5%	$1.1M
54	Man-made filaments	$7.4M	1.6%	-39.8%	$637K
72	Iron and steel	$7.2M	1.5%	-50.2%	$895K
74	Copper and articles thereof	$5.0M	1.1%	+7.8%	$397K
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	$3.2M	0.7%	-1.6%	$50K
48	Paper and paperboard	$3.1M	0.7%	-42.7%	$226K
30	Pharmaceutical products	$2.9M	0.6%	-3.9%	$56K
24	Tobacco and tobacco substitutes	$2.6M	0.6%	-20.6%	$714K
73	Articles of iron or steel	$2.4M	0.5%	-53.0%	$162K
34	Soap, washing preparations and waxes	$2.1M	0.4%	-56.5%	$55K
27	Mineral fuels, oils and their products	$1.5M	0.3%	-46.2%	$461K
28	Inorganic chemicals	$1.1M	0.2%	-49.7%	$5,810
83	Miscellaneous articles of base metal	$814K	0.2%	-23.4%	$38K
21	Miscellaneous edible preparations	$809K	0.2%	+19.7%	$87K
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	$770K	0.2%	-36.5%	$4,040
60	Knitted or crocheted fabrics	$709K	0.2%	-50.8%	$234K
29	Organic chemicals	$673K	0.1%	-55.8%	$64K
32	Dyes, pigments, paints and inks	$628K	0.1%	+36.6%	$161K

Largest 4-digit headings

The 30 largest of 424 headings exported to Kuwait in the same 12 months.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
8703	Passenger cars	$89.8M	19.4%	-39.6%	$5.3M
8504	Electrical transformers, static converters and inductors	$76.7M	16.6%	+78.6%	$4,257
8535	Electrical switches, fuses and circuit protection (over 1,000 V)	$61.9M	13.4%	+32.0%	$29K
8402	Steam boilers	$31.1M	6.7%	+648.4%	$12K
8544	Insulated wire and cable	$28.6M	6.2%	-76.6%	$6,610
3304	Beauty, make-up and skin care preparations	$24.3M	5.2%	+29.2%	$3.0M
4011	New pneumatic tyres, of rubber	$7.7M	1.7%	-15.6%	$811K
8481	Taps, cocks and valves	$7.2M	1.6%	+69.0%	$494K
5407	Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn	$7.2M	1.5%	-40.4%	$586K
7210	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, coated or plated	$6.8M	1.5%	-47.8%	$877K
8507	Rechargeable batteries (electric accumulators)	$6.7M	1.5%	+1.4%	$1.1M
9001	Optical fibres, polarising sheets and lenses	$6.0M	1.3%	+63.2%	$537K
3919	Self-adhesive plates, sheets and film of plastics	$5.9M	1.3%	-19.4%	$55K
1902	Pasta and noodles (including instant noodles)	$5.0M	1.1%	+40.9%	$683K
7411	Copper tubes and pipes	$4.8M	1.0%	+6.9%	$378K
8704	Motor vehicles for the transport of goods	$4.7M	1.0%	-21.1%	$0
9018	Medical, surgical and dental instruments	$4.4M	1.0%	+11.6%	$309K
8702	Buses (motor vehicles for ten or more persons)	$3.9M	0.8%	-22.3%	$0
8413	Pumps for liquids	$3.8M	0.8%	-49.5%	$156K
8421	Centrifuges and filtering or purifying machinery	$3.4M	0.7%	-27.0%	$144K
8538	Parts for electrical switching and control apparatus	$3.1M	0.7%	-12.5%	$393K
3925	Builders' ware of plastics, not elsewhere specified or included	$2.9M	0.6%	+13.4%	$496
8708	Parts and accessories of motor vehicles	$2.9M	0.6%	-22.9%	$610K
2402	Cigarettes and cigars	$2.6M	0.6%	-20.6%	$714K
7614	Stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, of aluminium, etc.	$2.4M	0.5%	-0.2%	$0
1905	Bread, pastry, cakes and biscuits	$2.3M	0.5%	+1.1%	$289K
8419	Machinery for treating materials by a change of temperature	$2.2M	0.5%	-2.1%	$23K
3920	Plates, sheets and film of plastics, not reinforced	$2.2M	0.5%	-54.2%	$17K
8532	Electrical capacitors	$2.0M	0.4%	-13.3%	$160
4810	Paper and paperboard coated with kaolin or other inorganic substances	$1.8M	0.4%	-55.0%	$100K

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

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

Monthly figures

Month	Exports	vs year earlier	Export weight	Export $/kg	Imports	Import weight
October 2026	$22.8M	-24.8%	3,837 t	$5.95	$625.7M	769,154 t
September 2026	$53.7M	-25.8%	5,342 t	$10.05	$476.8M	698,800 t
August 2026	$26.5M	-6.5%	3,684 t	$7.20	$666.5M	1,184,809 t
July 2026	$24.1M	-27.1%	3,516 t	$6.85	$435.0M	692,327 t
June 2026	$58.0M	-32.3%	4,401 t	$13.18	$254.9M	286,482 t
May 2026	$20.4M	-57.9%	2,344 t	$8.69	$1,735	28 kg
April 2026	$7.7M	-86.5%	628 t	$12.25	$15.3M	13,469 t
March 2026	$11.0M	-73.3%	1,171 t	$9.36	$520.5M	652,937 t
February 2026	$29.5M	-52.9%	3,921 t	$7.54	$828.4M	1,367,599 t
January 2026	$43.3M	+21.1%	7,762 t	$5.58	$655.2M	1,334,135 t
December 2025	$126.7M	+181.1%	15,647 t	$8.09	$794.4M	1,653,603 t
November 2025	$39.3M	-9.2%	5,288 t	$7.43	$422.9M	842,886 t
October 2025	$30.3M	-21.8%	4,496 t	$6.75	$827.5M	1,573,357 t
September 2025	$72.4M	+188.9%	9,375 t	$7.72	$528.4M	967,360 t
August 2025	$28.4M	+5.1%	4,541 t	$6.25	$795.1M	1,464,790 t
July 2025	$33.0M	-27.8%	3,989 t	$8.27	$594.3M	1,102,662 t
June 2025	$85.7M	+55.0%	7,973 t	$10.74	$526.7M	788,066 t
May 2025	$48.4M	+34.1%	5,414 t	$8.94	$799.7M	1,551,766 t
April 2025	$57.1M	+95.9%	9,996 t	$5.71	$578.3M	1,053,036 t
March 2025	$41.0M	+53.6%	5,876 t	$6.99	$679.0M	1,147,036 t
February 2025	$62.7M	+94.0%	9,419 t	$6.66	$575.3M	952,903 t
January 2025	$35.8M	+33.9%	5,356 t	$6.68	$802.3M	1,331,239 t
December 2024	$45.1M	-59.1%	7,158 t	$6.30	$600.4M	1,046,110 t
November 2024	$43.3M	+49.7%	8,136 t	$5.32	$660.1M	1,200,149 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.