South Korea exports to Malaysia

말레이시아 · latest month: October 2026

Exports, October 2026

$3.47B

+8.8% vs previous month

vs same month a year earlier

+390.5%

export value

Exports, last 12 months

$24.80B

+118.7% vs 12 months before

Rank among destinations

of 239, last 12 months

Imports, last 12 months

$19.63B

balance $5.17B

In October 2026, South Korea exported $3.47 billion of goods to Malaysia, up 8.8% from September 2026 and up 390.5% from October 2025.

Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of goods to Malaysia totalled $24.80 billion, up 118.7% from the 12 months before ($11.34 billion).

Malaysia ranked 9th of 239 destinations for Korean goods over the 12 months to October 2026, up from 11th in the 12 months before.

The largest chapter was electrical machinery and electronics (HS 85), with $15.39 billion or 62.1% of exports to Malaysia.

Imports from Malaysia in October 2026 were $2.00 billion (up 51.2% from October 2025), leaving a surplus of $1.46 billion 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 Malaysia: chapters

Export value by HS chapter over the 12 months to October 2026; the largest 25 of 94.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
85	Electrical machinery and electronics	$15.39B	62.1%	+200.6%	$2.12B
27	Mineral fuels, oils and their products	$2.82B	11.4%	+56.7%	$262.5M
84	Machinery, boilers and computers	$2.37B	9.6%	+111.7%	$610.0M
28	Inorganic chemicals	$470.2M	1.9%	+83.7%	$40.9M
74	Copper and articles thereof	$450.7M	1.8%	+62.7%	$49.6M
39	Plastics and articles thereof	$439.5M	1.8%	+25.2%	$39.2M
40	Rubber and articles thereof	$409.2M	1.7%	+13.2%	$49.5M
72	Iron and steel	$380.9M	1.5%	-9.9%	$25.5M
90	Optical, measuring and medical instruments	$344.5M	1.4%	+61.1%	$37.9M
33	Essential oils, perfumery and cosmetics	$188.2M	0.8%	+24.3%	$17.8M
29	Organic chemicals	$156.1M	0.6%	-0.7%	$12.2M
88	Aircraft and spacecraft	$127.5M	0.5%	+344.3%	$92.2M
73	Articles of iron or steel	$108.5M	0.4%	+54.2%	$14.1M
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	$98.2M	0.4%	+34.4%	$9.0M
48	Paper and paperboard	$75.1M	0.3%	-4.7%	$6.1M
79	Zinc and articles thereof	$72.7M	0.3%	+45.5%	$5.2M
19	Preparations of cereals, flour or milk, and bakery products	$72.2M	0.3%	+0.8%	$6.4M
70	Glass and glassware	$68.1M	0.3%	+24.7%	$6.5M
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	$65.5M	0.3%	+23.6%	$8.2M
63	Other made-up textile articles	$59.2M	0.2%	-46.0%	$3.2M
34	Soap, washing preparations and waxes	$48.9M	0.2%	+22.3%	$4.1M
30	Pharmaceutical products	$48.1M	0.2%	+24.1%	$4.5M
87	Vehicles, parts and accessories	$47.2M	0.2%	-24.5%	$2.4M
32	Dyes, pigments, paints and inks	$44.8M	0.2%	+43.5%	$3.0M
69	Ceramic products	$36.0M	0.1%	+45.8%	$4.0M

Largest 4-digit headings

The 30 largest of 894 headings exported to Malaysia in the same 12 months.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
8542	Electronic integrated circuits (semiconductor chips)	$13.16B	53.0%	+229.9%	$1.78B
2710	Refined petroleum oils	$2.76B	11.1%	+56.1%	$249.4M
8523	Solid-state storage devices, discs and other recording media	$890.6M	3.6%	+408.7%	$178.6M
8473	Parts and accessories for computers and office machines	$882.3M	3.6%	+417.3%	$460.7M
8486	Machines for making semiconductors and flat panel displays	$502.2M	2.0%	+163.1%	$56.9M
4002	Synthetic rubber	$389.1M	1.6%	+15.2%	$48.2M
8534	Printed circuits	$350.0M	1.4%	+38.4%	$45.5M
2841	Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids	$338.0M	1.4%	+127.8%	$26.7M
8421	Centrifuges and filtering or purifying machinery	$321.9M	1.3%	+3.4%	$29.4M
8411	Gas turbines and turbo-jets	$239.1M	1.0%	+102.9%	$32.8M
7404	Copper waste and scrap	$199.6M	0.8%	+104.5%	$27.6M
8536	Electrical switches, connectors and circuit protection (up to 1,000 V)	$176.8M	0.7%	+36.8%	$23.8M
3304	Beauty, make-up and skin care preparations	$144.6M	0.6%	+24.6%	$14.1M
7209	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, cold-rolled	$139.7M	0.6%	-19.1%	$9.2M
8504	Electrical transformers, static converters and inductors	$119.3M	0.5%	+108.9%	$4.1M
8544	Insulated wire and cable	$117.0M	0.5%	-1.2%	$32.1M
8535	Electrical switches, fuses and circuit protection (over 1,000 V)	$95.6M	0.4%	+201.6%	$10.9M
7210	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, coated or plated	$94.7M	0.4%	+8.4%	$6.3M
9030	Instruments for measuring electrical quantities	$93.0M	0.4%	+82.0%	$12.2M
8802	Aeroplanes, helicopters and spacecraft	$85.4M	0.3%	+1,583%	$85.4M
9032	Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus	$83.4M	0.3%	+200.7%	$8.4M
7409	Copper plates, sheets and strip (over 0.15 mm thick)	$79.4M	0.3%	+39.0%	$8.3M
8532	Electrical capacitors	$74.6M	0.3%	+35.1%	$8.3M
7901	Unwrought zinc	$72.4M	0.3%	+46.3%	$5.2M
8541	Semiconductor devices, including solar cells and LEDs	$71.4M	0.3%	+42.2%	$5.9M
3907	Polyethers, epoxide resins and polyesters, in primary forms	$68.5M	0.3%	+27.0%	$6.8M
7410	Copper foil (up to 0.15 mm thick)	$65.5M	0.3%	+100.3%	$5.0M
9031	Measuring or checking instruments and machines	$64.5M	0.3%	+156.5%	$8.7M
8479	Machines and mechanical appliances with individual functions	$63.2M	0.3%	+47.6%	$2.9M
1902	Pasta and noodles (including instant noodles)	$60.7M	0.2%	+2.9%	$5.3M

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

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

Monthly figures

Month	Exports	vs year earlier	Export weight	Export $/kg	Imports	Import weight
October 2026	$3.47B	+390.5%	408,237 t	$8.49	$2.00B	1,103,130 t
September 2026	$3.19B	+211.0%	480,973 t	$6.63	$1.74B	904,852 t
August 2026	$3.29B	+217.1%	745,697 t	$4.42	$1.49B	768,331 t
July 2026	$2.58B	+145.5%	376,066 t	$6.85	$1.70B	1,001,746 t
June 2026	$2.46B	+138.2%	397,819 t	$6.18	$1.79B	898,021 t
May 2026	$1.46B	+42.4%	407,255 t	$3.59	$1.39B	838,397 t
April 2026	$1.54B	+76.8%	375,761 t	$4.09	$2.08B	1,500,742 t
March 2026	$1.43B	+45.7%	262,530 t	$5.44	$1.73B	1,335,669 t
February 2026	$1.73B	+67.8%	393,627 t	$4.41	$1.37B	999,741 t
January 2026	$976.3M	+6.0%	640,770 t	$1.52	$1.62B	1,206,267 t
December 2025	$1.41B	+75.2%	517,051 t	$2.72	$1.53B	1,261,352 t
November 2025	$1.28B	+49.2%	351,393 t	$3.63	$1.19B	921,668 t
October 2025	$706.9M	-31.9%	287,637 t	$2.46	$1.33B	1,148,123 t
September 2025	$1.02B	+24.7%	533,314 t	$1.92	$1.35B	1,054,608 t
August 2025	$1.04B	+12.7%	346,446 t	$3.00	$1.34B	1,194,287 t
July 2025	$1.05B	+11.1%	358,451 t	$2.93	$1.21B	1,008,339 t
June 2025	$1.03B	+22.6%	457,410 t	$2.26	$1.24B	865,943 t
May 2025	$1.03B	+23.0%	361,725 t	$2.84	$1.10B	704,163 t
April 2025	$868.4M	+0.8%	504,044 t	$1.72	$1.31B	1,003,852 t
March 2025	$979.9M	+21.7%	362,613 t	$2.70	$1.18B	938,050 t
February 2025	$1.03B	+10.2%	680,015 t	$1.52	$1.38B	1,241,150 t
January 2025	$921.1M	+18.9%	403,873 t	$2.28	$1.35B	1,141,250 t
December 2024	$802.6M	-13.1%	393,113 t	$2.04	$1.32B	1,286,500 t
November 2024	$855.4M	-9.0%	435,781 t	$1.96	$1.38B	1,307,922 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.