South Korea exports to the Netherlands

네덜란드 · latest month: October 2026

Exports, October 2026

$1.60B

-22.7% vs previous month

vs same month a year earlier

+92.5%

export value

Exports, last 12 months

$17.25B

+95.4% vs 12 months before

Rank among destinations

of 239, last 12 months

Imports, last 12 months

$14.90B

balance $2.35B

In October 2026, South Korea exported $1.60 billion of goods to the Netherlands, down 22.7% from September 2026 and up 92.5% from October 2025.

Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of goods to the Netherlands totalled $17.25 billion, up 95.4% from the 12 months before ($8.83 billion).

The Netherlands ranked 12th of 239 destinations for Korean goods over the 12 months to October 2026, up from 17th in the 12 months before.

The largest chapter was machinery, boilers and computers (HS 84), with $5.19 billion or 30.1% of exports to the Netherlands.

Imports from the Netherlands in October 2026 were $1.04 billion (up 58.0% from October 2025), leaving a surplus of $559.1 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 the Netherlands: 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
84	Machinery, boilers and computers	$5.19B	30.1%	+174.8%	$404.3M
85	Electrical machinery and electronics	$4.40B	25.5%	+149.2%	$399.9M
27	Mineral fuels, oils and their products	$2.20B	12.7%	+232.2%	$290.3M
87	Vehicles, parts and accessories	$1.27B	7.3%	+23.4%	$131.9M
30	Pharmaceutical products	$939.1M	5.4%	+70.3%	$109.1M
39	Plastics and articles thereof	$557.6M	3.2%	+21.0%	$34.3M
33	Essential oils, perfumery and cosmetics	$440.8M	2.6%	+288.1%	$60.3M
29	Organic chemicals	$377.2M	2.2%	-6.8%	$32.0M
72	Iron and steel	$326.8M	1.9%	+6.6%	$24.3M
90	Optical, measuring and medical instruments	$269.4M	1.6%	-34.0%	$26.1M
40	Rubber and articles thereof	$217.3M	1.3%	+13.0%	$13.1M
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	$187.9M	1.1%	-5.7%	$4.0M
19	Preparations of cereals, flour or milk, and bakery products	$141.4M	0.8%	+27.3%	$10.7M
86	Railway and tramway equipment	$96.4M	0.6%	+91.3%	$8.1M
73	Articles of iron or steel	$83.7M	0.5%	+18.9%	$8.8M
21	Miscellaneous edible preparations	$44.7M	0.3%	+36.0%	$2.9M
28	Inorganic chemicals	$44.2M	0.3%	+51.9%	$3.3M
34	Soap, washing preparations and waxes	$37.0M	0.2%	+24.4%	$5.7M
81	Other base metals	$32.1M	0.2%	-5.1%	$2.2M
54	Man-made filaments	$31.1M	0.2%	+29.1%	$2.6M
82	Tools and cutlery of base metal	$29.2M	0.2%	+8.7%	$1.9M
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	$28.3M	0.2%	-73.5%	$2.4M
20	Preparations of vegetables, fruit or nuts	$22.8M	0.1%	-2.7%	$1.8M
55	Man-made staple fibres	$22.6M	0.1%	-8.2%	$1.7M
42	Leather articles, handbags and travel goods	$17.9M	0.1%	+125.9%	$447K

Largest 4-digit headings

The 30 largest of 721 headings exported to the Netherlands in the same 12 months.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
8473	Parts and accessories for computers and office machines	$3.85B	22.3%	+346.9%	$299.9M
8523	Solid-state storage devices, discs and other recording media	$3.42B	19.8%	+192.3%	$317.2M
2710	Refined petroleum oils	$2.18B	12.6%	+243.7%	$287.0M
8703	Passenger cars	$1.07B	6.2%	+16.8%	$108.6M
3002	Blood products, vaccines and immunological products	$921.7M	5.3%	+73.4%	$107.5M
8486	Machines for making semiconductors and flat panel displays	$628.1M	3.6%	+89.4%	$42.4M
3304	Beauty, make-up and skin care preparations	$360.5M	2.1%	+293.9%	$52.2M
8542	Electronic integrated circuits (semiconductor chips)	$337.8M	2.0%	+176.0%	$35.7M
7202	Ferro-alloys	$285.6M	1.7%	+8.4%	$22.3M
8517	Telephones, smartphones and network equipment	$255.2M	1.5%	+35.0%	$19.1M
4011	New pneumatic tyres, of rubber	$193.2M	1.1%	+10.3%	$12.1M
3907	Polyethers, epoxide resins and polyesters, in primary forms	$192.8M	1.1%	+36.6%	$10.5M
8409	Parts for internal combustion engines	$137.1M	0.8%	+3.4%	$12.5M
3826	Biodiesel	$131.1M	0.8%	-4.7%	$0
1902	Pasta and noodles (including instant noodles)	$121.2M	0.7%	+28.4%	$9.2M
8415	Air conditioners	$113.1M	0.7%	-9.3%	$6.1M
3901	Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms	$100.6M	0.6%	+24.4%	$6.0M
8609	Shipping containers	$96.4M	0.6%	+91.3%	$8.1M
2926	Nitrile-function compounds	$86.4M	0.5%	+1.1%	$6.9M
8504	Electrical transformers, static converters and inductors	$83.0M	0.5%	+28.3%	$3.5M
8544	Insulated wire and cable	$75.6M	0.4%	+189.2%	$274K
8704	Motor vehicles for the transport of goods	$74.7M	0.4%	+182.8%	$11.1M
3307	Shaving, deodorant, bath and other toiletry preparations	$72.6M	0.4%	+329.6%	$6.5M
8414	Air or vacuum pumps, compressors and fans	$71.3M	0.4%	+4.3%	$6.6M
2917	Polycarboxylic acids and their derivatives	$71.3M	0.4%	+35.4%	$5.8M
8701	Tractors	$59.4M	0.3%	+39.4%	$5.5M
3911	Petroleum resins, polysulphones and other polymers, in primary forms	$56.8M	0.3%	-7.8%	$3.1M
2916	Unsaturated acyclic and cyclic monocarboxylic acids	$55.7M	0.3%	+89.1%	$7.3M
9018	Medical, surgical and dental instruments	$55.0M	0.3%	+3.9%	$6.4M
7326	Other articles of iron or steel	$46.6M	0.3%	+33.3%	$5.0M

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

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

Monthly figures

Month	Exports	vs year earlier	Export weight	Export $/kg	Imports	Import weight
October 2026	$1.60B	+92.5%	263,364 t	$6.07	$1.04B	20,514 t
September 2026	$2.07B	+115.9%	408,012 t	$5.07	$1.99B	44,629 t
August 2026	$1.65B	+89.2%	582,057 t	$2.84	$1.03B	21,222 t
July 2026	$3.15B	+224.9%	540,222 t	$5.82	$1.08B	34,567 t
June 2026	$1.39B	+84.0%	154,902 t	$9.00	$1.34B	78,045 t
May 2026	$1.28B	+52.8%	280,619 t	$4.56	$1.37B	109,171 t
April 2026	$1.05B	+28.1%	71,013 t	$14.84	$1.09B	45,973 t
March 2026	$1.46B	+123.7%	93,260 t	$15.70	$1.56B	24,034 t
February 2026	$1.02B	+76.2%	74,692 t	$13.63	$1.50B	59,671 t
January 2026	$699.0M	+52.8%	105,362 t	$6.63	$1.08B	24,712 t
December 2025	$1.05B	+101.6%	91,627 t	$11.46	$953.2M	23,683 t
November 2025	$820.1M	+44.6%	68,171 t	$12.03	$855.2M	32,696 t
October 2025	$830.3M	+54.6%	111,456 t	$7.45	$657.6M	22,512 t
September 2025	$958.2M	+55.6%	271,699 t	$3.53	$1.45B	32,555 t
August 2025	$874.8M	+76.7%	104,879 t	$8.34	$596.2M	21,418 t
July 2025	$968.4M	+56.8%	195,159 t	$4.96	$711.8M	25,824 t
June 2025	$757.8M	+58.2%	287,046 t	$2.64	$810.4M	19,881 t
May 2025	$838.4M	+52.8%	166,811 t	$5.03	$633.2M	48,619 t
April 2025	$822.8M	+42.7%	179,050 t	$4.60	$546.8M	38,200 t
March 2025	$654.3M	-7.1%	112,593 t	$5.81	$1.61B	33,610 t
February 2025	$578.0M	-1.4%	97,813 t	$5.91	$746.2M	43,738 t
January 2025	$457.4M	-14.6%	66,064 t	$6.92	$484.4M	122,557 t
December 2024	$520.9M	-7.2%	82,841 t	$6.29	$1.44B	106,219 t
November 2024	$567.1M	+5.7%	74,547 t	$7.61	$1.07B	24,308 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.