South Korea exports to Portugal

포루투갈 · latest month: October 2026

Exports, October 2026

$79.1M

-7.6% vs previous month

vs same month a year earlier

+2.7%

export value

Exports, last 12 months

$949.1M

+6.7% vs 12 months before

Rank among destinations

of 239, last 12 months

Imports, last 12 months

$388.8M

balance $560.3M

In October 2026, South Korea exported $79.1 million of goods to Portugal, down 7.6% from September 2026 and up 2.7% from October 2025.

Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of goods to Portugal totalled $949.1 million, up 6.7% from the 12 months before ($889.8 million).

Portugal ranked 57th of 239 destinations for Korean goods over the 12 months to October 2026, down from 55th in the 12 months before.

The largest chapter was electrical machinery and electronics (HS 85), with $260.5 million or 27.4% of exports to Portugal.

Imports from Portugal in October 2026 were $25.9 million (up 19.3% from October 2025), leaving a surplus of $53.2 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 Portugal: chapters

Export value by HS chapter over the 12 months to October 2026; the largest 25 of 84.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
85	Electrical machinery and electronics	$260.5M	27.4%	+23.5%	$22.6M
87	Vehicles, parts and accessories	$225.3M	23.7%	+26.7%	$20.1M
72	Iron and steel	$132.6M	14.0%	+0.7%	$6.2M
39	Plastics and articles thereof	$100.6M	10.6%	-15.1%	$7.6M
84	Machinery, boilers and computers	$70.7M	7.5%	+47.1%	$3.9M
40	Rubber and articles thereof	$25.6M	2.7%	+19.3%	$1.9M
30	Pharmaceutical products	$23.3M	2.5%	-70.9%	$9.4M
03	Fish, crustaceans and other seafood	$20.5M	2.2%	+574.1%	$524K
29	Organic chemicals	$17.7M	1.9%	-12.1%	$1.1M
88	Aircraft and spacecraft	$16.4M	1.7%	+19.8%	$1.1M
90	Optical, measuring and medical instruments	$11.6M	1.2%	+30.3%	$1.0M
54	Man-made filaments	$6.6M	0.7%	-15.3%	$496K
48	Paper and paperboard	$4.4M	0.5%	+6.4%	$358K
74	Copper and articles thereof	$4.0M	0.4%	-10.1%	$211K
55	Man-made staple fibres	$3.3M	0.3%	-23.8%	$44K
68	Articles of stone, plaster, cement or mica	$3.2M	0.3%	+13.6%	$400K
73	Articles of iron or steel	$3.0M	0.3%	-56.4%	$128K
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	$2.6M	0.3%	+87.0%	$1.1M
82	Tools and cutlery of base metal	$2.0M	0.2%	+10.2%	$164K
33	Essential oils, perfumery and cosmetics	$1.8M	0.2%	+96.0%	$80K
35	Glues, modified starches and enzymes	$1.7M	0.2%	+3,476%	$450
94	Furniture, bedding and lighting	$1.5M	0.2%	-5.7%	$30K
60	Knitted or crocheted fabrics	$1.4M	0.1%	-17.3%	$33K
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	$1.1M	0.1%	-28.3%	$109K
56	Wadding, felt, nonwovens and cordage	$1.1M	0.1%	+56.6%	$79K

Largest 4-digit headings

The 30 largest of 470 headings exported to Portugal in the same 12 months.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
8703	Passenger cars	$182.3M	19.2%	+12.0%	$10.3M
8542	Electronic integrated circuits (semiconductor chips)	$129.1M	13.6%	+7.4%	$11.5M
7208	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, hot-rolled	$100.6M	10.6%	+30.5%	$4.1M
8517	Telephones, smartphones and network equipment	$56.3M	5.9%	+84.4%	$4.8M
8503	Parts for electric motors and generators	$51.4M	5.4%	+41.3%	$5.5M
8704	Motor vehicles for the transport of goods	$36.8M	3.9%	+320.7%	$9.4M
3902	Polymers of propylene, in primary forms	$33.4M	3.5%	-25.5%	$3.0M
3002	Blood products, vaccines and immunological products	$22.5M	2.4%	-71.7%	$9.3M
3901	Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms	$22.0M	2.3%	-16.5%	$1.1M
7210	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, coated or plated	$20.3M	2.1%	-44.5%	$655K
0303	Fish, frozen (excluding fillets)	$20.0M	2.1%	+1,011%	$524K
8807	Parts of aircraft and spacecraft	$16.4M	1.7%	+19.8%	$1.1M
3904	Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms	$12.6M	1.3%	-3.0%	$577K
4002	Synthetic rubber	$12.3M	1.3%	+3.1%	$783K
4011	New pneumatic tyres, of rubber	$12.0M	1.3%	+49.2%	$913K
8414	Air or vacuum pumps, compressors and fans	$11.1M	1.2%	+121.7%	$1.1M
8472	Other office machines, etc.	$8.4M	0.9%	+47.7%	$119K
8543	Electrical machines and apparatus with individual functions	$7.7M	0.8%	-7.8%	$42K
2917	Polycarboxylic acids and their derivatives	$7.3M	0.8%	-12.5%	$587K
8422	Dishwashers and packaging, filling or labelling machinery	$6.9M	0.7%	+41.1%	$548K
3903	Polymers of styrene, in primary forms	$6.8M	0.7%	-36.4%	$699K
7209	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, cold-rolled	$6.6M	0.7%	-11.7%	$1.4M
2941	Antibiotics	$6.2M	0.6%	+1.5%	$0
3911	Petroleum resins, polysulphones and other polymers, in primary forms	$5.6M	0.6%	-0.8%	$201K
8701	Tractors	$5.3M	0.6%	-10.9%	$302K
5402	Synthetic filament yarn	$5.3M	0.6%	-8.5%	$402K
3907	Polyethers, epoxide resins and polyesters, in primary forms	$4.8M	0.5%	-15.1%	$400K
3926	Other articles of plastics	$4.6M	0.5%	+27.2%	$520K
8486	Machines for making semiconductors and flat panel displays	$4.5M	0.5%	+80.4%	$105K
8456	Machine tools using laser, ultrasonic, plasma or similar processes	$4.2M	0.4%	+831.4%	$0

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

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

Monthly figures

Month	Exports	vs year earlier	Export weight	Export $/kg	Imports	Import weight
October 2026	$79.1M	+2.7%	18,191 t	$4.35	$25.9M	1,457 t
September 2026	$85.6M	+28.3%	19,762 t	$4.33	$27.5M	1,800 t
August 2026	$66.8M	-10.6%	27,120 t	$2.46	$29.0M	1,215 t
July 2026	$75.7M	-19.4%	23,943 t	$3.16	$29.8M	1,944 t
June 2026	$74.9M	+10.5%	22,470 t	$3.33	$23.2M	1,768 t
May 2026	$60.8M	-1.8%	15,175 t	$4.01	$26.4M	1,901 t
April 2026	$83.1M	+9.5%	24,607 t	$3.38	$39.3M	1,671 t
March 2026	$88.9M	+7.1%	39,028 t	$2.28	$49.9M	1,694 t
February 2026	$86.4M	-9.2%	45,196 t	$1.91	$34.1M	1,163 t
January 2026	$83.9M	+47.5%	34,484 t	$2.43	$32.1M	1,815 t
December 2025	$73.1M	+24.4%	30,440 t	$2.40	$46.4M	1,957 t
November 2025	$90.8M	+16.1%	22,413 t	$4.05	$25.1M	1,213 t
October 2025	$77.0M	+7.6%	24,851 t	$3.10	$21.7M	1,732 t
September 2025	$66.7M	-67.1%	23,259 t	$2.87	$36.2M	2,688 t
August 2025	$74.7M	-62.2%	31,619 t	$2.36	$29.5M	1,958 t
July 2025	$93.8M	+41.9%	48,574 t	$1.93	$42.0M	2,325 t
June 2025	$67.7M	-10.9%	13,564 t	$4.99	$33.2M	3,290 t
May 2025	$61.9M	-21.9%	22,768 t	$2.72	$26.8M	1,875 t
April 2025	$75.9M	-10.5%	26,506 t	$2.86	$28.5M	1,980 t
March 2025	$83.0M	+9.5%	42,101 t	$1.97	$42.8M	1,877 t
February 2025	$95.1M	+17.8%	22,141 t	$4.30	$41.0M	2,238 t
January 2025	$56.9M	-75.3%	22,353 t	$2.55	$37.3M	2,733 t
December 2024	$58.8M	-8.8%	23,525 t	$2.50	$28.4M	2,977 t
November 2024	$78.2M	-65.9%	29,761 t	$2.63	$20.4M	1,145 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.