South Korea exports to Saudi Arabia

사우디아라비아 · latest month: October 2026

Exports, October 2026

$320.1M

+1.3% vs previous month

vs same month a year earlier

-7.6%

export value

Exports, last 12 months

$4.22B

-9.5% vs 12 months before

Rank among destinations

of 239, last 12 months

Imports, last 12 months

$28.13B

balance -$23.91B

In October 2026, South Korea exported $320.1 million of goods to Saudi Arabia, up 1.3% from September 2026 and down 7.6% from October 2025.

Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of goods to Saudi Arabia totalled $4.22 billion, down 9.5% from the 12 months before ($4.66 billion).

Saudi Arabia ranked 29th of 239 destinations for Korean goods over the 12 months to October 2026, down from 26th in the 12 months before.

The largest chapter was machinery, boilers and computers (HS 84), with $1.06 billion or 25.1% of exports to Saudi Arabia.

Imports from Saudi Arabia in October 2026 were $3.51 billion (up 34.1% from October 2025), leaving a deficit of $3.19 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 Saudi Arabia: chapters

Export value by HS chapter over the 12 months to October 2026; the largest 25 of 92.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
84	Machinery, boilers and computers	$1.06B	25.1%	+25.5%	$76.4M
87	Vehicles, parts and accessories	$998.4M	23.7%	-30.7%	$67.2M
85	Electrical machinery and electronics	$557.2M	13.2%	-10.4%	$27.5M
93	Arms and ammunition	$264.6M	6.3%	+72.1%	$34.3M
73	Articles of iron or steel	$241.1M	5.7%	-22.9%	$14.2M
39	Plastics and articles thereof	$187.9M	4.5%	-10.8%	$18.3M
90	Optical, measuring and medical instruments	$152.8M	3.6%	+34.9%	$13.1M
40	Rubber and articles thereof	$95.8M	2.3%	-36.8%	$10.9M
33	Essential oils, perfumery and cosmetics	$89.0M	2.1%	+25.2%	$4.8M
74	Copper and articles thereof	$70.7M	1.7%	+85.9%	$3.8M
72	Iron and steel	$67.1M	1.6%	-63.5%	$6.2M
30	Pharmaceutical products	$64.1M	1.5%	+35.8%	$3.2M
54	Man-made filaments	$59.5M	1.4%	-10.1%	$5.6M
27	Mineral fuels, oils and their products	$58.0M	1.4%	-16.0%	$6.0M
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	$33.7M	0.8%	-50.3%	$2.6M
29	Organic chemicals	$31.6M	0.8%	-36.2%	$2.6M
19	Preparations of cereals, flour or milk, and bakery products	$22.6M	0.5%	-8.4%	$2.0M
83	Miscellaneous articles of base metal	$14.6M	0.3%	+10.7%	$2.9M
48	Paper and paperboard	$12.8M	0.3%	-20.3%	$2.0M
28	Inorganic chemicals	$12.3M	0.3%	+22.5%	$1.9M
55	Man-made staple fibres	$11.8M	0.3%	-34.3%	$1.4M
32	Dyes, pigments, paints and inks	$10.6M	0.3%	-5.7%	$1.3M
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	$10.4M	0.2%	-10.5%	$995K
34	Soap, washing preparations and waxes	$10.3M	0.2%	-7.8%	$612K
24	Tobacco and tobacco substitutes	$10.0M	0.2%	-14.0%	$373K

Largest 4-digit headings

The 30 largest of 699 headings exported to Saudi Arabia in the same 12 months.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
8703	Passenger cars	$917.1M	21.8%	-26.0%	$63.4M
9306	Bombs, missiles, ammunition and parts	$242.7M	5.8%	+206.8%	$33.5M
8419	Machinery for treating materials by a change of temperature	$237.7M	5.6%	+40.9%	$2.1M
8535	Electrical switches, fuses and circuit protection (over 1,000 V)	$112.9M	2.7%	-52.4%	$5.6M
8402	Steam boilers	$104.0M	2.5%	-11.7%	$10.6M
8414	Air or vacuum pumps, compressors and fans	$103.2M	2.4%	+31.1%	$2.1M
8517	Telephones, smartphones and network equipment	$94.3M	2.2%	+1,349%	$289K
8406	Steam turbines and other vapour turbines	$85.1M	2.0%	+5,764%	$21.3M
7307	Tube and pipe fittings of iron or steel	$79.1M	1.9%	-51.0%	$3.6M
3304	Beauty, make-up and skin care preparations	$78.5M	1.9%	+28.3%	$4.3M
4011	New pneumatic tyres, of rubber	$75.9M	1.8%	-41.2%	$9.0M
8537	Electrical control and distribution boards	$62.9M	1.5%	+523.1%	$1.4M
3907	Polyethers, epoxide resins and polyesters, in primary forms	$60.9M	1.4%	-10.6%	$6.1M
8429	Bulldozers, excavators and other earth-moving machinery	$58.3M	1.4%	-7.7%	$0
8481	Taps, cocks and valves	$58.2M	1.4%	+55.0%	$7.4M
5407	Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn	$57.4M	1.4%	-9.2%	$5.5M
7308	Steel structures and parts (bridges, towers, frameworks)	$55.1M	1.3%	+231.2%	$3.2M
8421	Centrifuges and filtering or purifying machinery	$53.7M	1.3%	+128.7%	$2.8M
3002	Blood products, vaccines and immunological products	$53.1M	1.3%	+40.5%	$2.5M
8413	Pumps for liquids	$52.9M	1.3%	+22.8%	$4.8M
8538	Parts for electrical switching and control apparatus	$52.7M	1.3%	-1.7%	$4.0M
8503	Parts for electric motors and generators	$50.7M	1.2%	+1,078%	$138K
2710	Refined petroleum oils	$50.2M	1.2%	-19.9%	$204K
8504	Electrical transformers, static converters and inductors	$50.2M	1.2%	-70.5%	$8.8M
8479	Machines and mechanical appliances with individual functions	$48.8M	1.2%	+105.2%	$3.9M
7210	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, coated or plated	$45.0M	1.1%	-55.7%	$4.1M
8708	Parts and accessories of motor vehicles	$44.5M	1.1%	-28.4%	$2.6M
7411	Copper tubes and pipes	$42.8M	1.0%	+26.9%	$2.9M
8507	Rechargeable batteries (electric accumulators)	$37.6M	0.9%	-19.3%	$925K
7305	Large-diameter tubes and pipes of iron or steel (over 406.4 mm)	$37.5M	0.9%	-40.6%	$1.2M

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

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

Monthly figures

Month	Exports	vs year earlier	Export weight	Export $/kg	Imports	Import weight
October 2026	$320.1M	-7.6%	44,730 t	$7.16	$3.51B	3,972,458 t
September 2026	$316.1M	-26.5%	31,514 t	$10.03	$1.89B	2,606,834 t
August 2026	$157.2M	-56.0%	23,359 t	$6.73	$1.96B	2,942,712 t
July 2026	$493.8M	+29.3%	53,629 t	$9.21	$3.38B	4,384,475 t
June 2026	$479.4M	+3.3%	53,377 t	$8.98	$2.70B	3,091,029 t
May 2026	$278.7M	-4.8%	45,204 t	$6.17	$2.35B	2,841,651 t
April 2026	$282.2M	-24.2%	34,517 t	$8.18	$1.91B	2,176,363 t
March 2026	$158.4M	-64.4%	29,976 t	$5.28	$2.33B	3,846,663 t
February 2026	$294.3M	-17.8%	61,237 t	$4.81	$1.87B	3,749,566 t
January 2026	$317.2M	+9.3%	51,806 t	$6.12	$2.33B	4,724,917 t
December 2025	$617.1M	+32.3%	110,245 t	$5.60	$1.92B	3,776,956 t
November 2025	$501.0M	+10.8%	55,779 t	$8.98	$2.00B	3,861,040 t
October 2025	$346.3M	+4.4%	70,922 t	$4.88	$2.61B	4,694,970 t
September 2025	$429.8M	-6.9%	78,946 t	$5.44	$2.14B	3,895,051 t
August 2025	$357.0M	-15.3%	59,450 t	$6.01	$2.82B	5,144,259 t
July 2025	$381.8M	+4.1%	99,352 t	$3.84	$2.24B	4,178,088 t
June 2025	$464.2M	-8.4%	64,934 t	$7.15	$2.31B	4,561,627 t
May 2025	$292.8M	-34.1%	63,210 t	$4.63	$2.05B	3,768,912 t
April 2025	$372.2M	-22.3%	102,850 t	$3.62	$2.08B	3,657,747 t
March 2025	$445.5M	+15.9%	86,997 t	$5.12	$2.40B	3,982,277 t
February 2025	$358.1M	-12.5%	74,926 t	$4.78	$2.37B	3,878,644 t
January 2025	$290.3M	-42.2%	67,673 t	$4.29	$2.48B	4,273,670 t
December 2024	$466.3M	-15.0%	89,219 t	$5.23	$2.68B	4,743,622 t
November 2024	$452.3M	+19.1%	87,350 t	$5.18	$2.45B	4,212,055 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.