South Korea exports to Singapore

싱가포르 · latest month: October 2026

Exports, October 2026

$3.83B

+0.7% vs previous month

vs same month a year earlier

+158.5%

export value

Exports, last 12 months

$29.81B

+52.8% vs 12 months before

Rank among destinations

of 239, last 12 months

Imports, last 12 months

$15.38B

balance $14.44B

In October 2026, South Korea exported $3.83 billion of goods to Singapore, up 0.7% from September 2026 and up 158.5% from October 2025.

Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of goods to Singapore totalled $29.81 billion, up 52.8% from the 12 months before ($19.52 billion).

Singapore ranked 7th of 239 destinations for Korean goods over the 12 months to October 2026, the same position as in the 12 months before.

The largest chapter was electrical machinery and electronics (HS 85), with $9.57 billion or 32.1% of exports to Singapore.

Imports from Singapore in October 2026 were $1.21 billion (up 0.4% from October 2025), leaving a surplus of $2.63 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 Singapore: chapters

Export value by HS chapter over the 12 months to October 2026; the largest 25 of 96.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
85	Electrical machinery and electronics	$9.57B	32.1%	+81.1%	$1.32B
27	Mineral fuels, oils and their products	$5.99B	20.1%	+0.8%	$598.5M
89	Ships and boats	$5.63B	18.9%	+47.2%	$802.9M
84	Machinery, boilers and computers	$5.02B	16.8%	+131.3%	$879.3M
71	Pearls, precious stones and precious metals	$1.51B	5.1%	+277.4%	$48.3M
90	Optical, measuring and medical instruments	$395.4M	1.3%	+32.4%	$38.4M
39	Plastics and articles thereof	$223.5M	0.7%	+6.8%	$22.0M
33	Essential oils, perfumery and cosmetics	$165.3M	0.6%	+16.2%	$17.0M
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	$150.6M	0.5%	-9.6%	$16.2M
29	Organic chemicals	$119.7M	0.4%	-6.2%	$8.1M
73	Articles of iron or steel	$96.7M	0.3%	-24.2%	$7.8M
87	Vehicles, parts and accessories	$90.6M	0.3%	-11.6%	$8.7M
28	Inorganic chemicals	$81.3M	0.3%	+1.5%	$6.8M
86	Railway and tramway equipment	$64.4M	0.2%	+381.6%	$11.2M
15	Animal or vegetable fats and oils	$55.1M	0.2%	+77.8%	$74K
72	Iron and steel	$51.9M	0.2%	-37.4%	$2.3M
21	Miscellaneous edible preparations	$46.5M	0.2%	+10.7%	$3.4M
30	Pharmaceutical products	$45.4M	0.2%	+23.9%	$4.6M
34	Soap, washing preparations and waxes	$37.2M	0.1%	-0.3%	$3.5M
40	Rubber and articles thereof	$36.6M	0.1%	+18.9%	$3.5M
08	Edible fruit and nuts	$32.9M	0.1%	+26.9%	$1.1M
74	Copper and articles thereof	$25.0M	0.1%	+79.0%	$2.0M
19	Preparations of cereals, flour or milk, and bakery products	$24.5M	0.1%	-3.0%	$2.2M
97	Works of art and antiques	$20.2M	0.1%	+204.2%	$1.3M
70	Glass and glassware	$18.8M	0.1%	-5.8%	$1.7M

Largest 4-digit headings

The 30 largest of 916 headings exported to Singapore in the same 12 months.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
8542	Electronic integrated circuits (semiconductor chips)	$7.48B	25.1%	+65.0%	$1.16B
2710	Refined petroleum oils	$5.96B	20.0%	+2.0%	$594.4M
8901	Cargo ships, tankers and passenger ships	$5.58B	18.7%	+45.9%	$754.9M
8473	Parts and accessories for computers and office machines	$2.80B	9.4%	+378.2%	$670.8M
8523	Solid-state storage devices, discs and other recording media	$1.34B	4.5%	+681.5%	$82.3M
7108	Gold	$1.27B	4.2%	+311.0%	$26.9M
8486	Machines for making semiconductors and flat panel displays	$1.18B	3.9%	+58.3%	$127.8M
8409	Parts for internal combustion engines	$290.0M	1.0%	+16.3%	$24.8M
8411	Gas turbines and turbo-jets	$169.2M	0.6%	+91.8%	$40K
8544	Insulated wire and cable	$160.7M	0.5%	+21.6%	$19.6M
8534	Printed circuits	$151.7M	0.5%	+54.3%	$17.7M
9032	Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus	$143.2M	0.5%	+55.2%	$18.2M
3304	Beauty, make-up and skin care preparations	$129.8M	0.4%	+20.7%	$12.9M
7112	Precious metal waste and scrap	$107.0M	0.4%	+80.7%	$10.1M
8421	Centrifuges and filtering or purifying machinery	$104.7M	0.4%	+72.6%	$11.3M
7106	Silver	$96.6M	0.3%	+249.0%	$830K
8517	Telephones, smartphones and network equipment	$94.0M	0.3%	+72.7%	$11.9M
8479	Machines and mechanical appliances with individual functions	$91.6M	0.3%	+29.5%	$6.6M
3902	Polymers of propylene, in primary forms	$79.3M	0.3%	+27.5%	$5.9M
8541	Semiconductor devices, including solar cells and LEDs	$62.9M	0.2%	+76.1%	$4.2M
8543	Electrical machines and apparatus with individual functions	$62.4M	0.2%	+37.2%	$6.2M
8471	Computers and data processing machines	$61.9M	0.2%	+34.3%	$4.7M
8414	Air or vacuum pumps, compressors and fans	$61.2M	0.2%	-8.0%	$7.6M
3818	Doped chemical elements for electronics (wafers)	$56.7M	0.2%	-25.9%	$6.1M
9030	Instruments for measuring electrical quantities	$53.2M	0.2%	+113.8%	$4.6M
8481	Taps, cocks and valves	$51.6M	0.2%	+31.9%	$8.5M
8603	Self-propelled railway or tramway coaches	$50.4M	0.2%	+902.6%	$10.1M
8536	Electrical switches, connectors and circuit protection (up to 1,000 V)	$50.2M	0.2%	+40.1%	$4.1M
1518	Chemically modified fats and oils, and inedible mixtures	$49.6M	0.2%	+69.7%	$0
8906	Other vessels, including warships and lifeboats other than rowing boats	$48.1M	0.2%	–	$48.0M

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

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

Monthly figures

Month	Exports	vs year earlier	Export weight	Export $/kg	Imports	Import weight
October 2026	$3.83B	+158.5%	994,940 t	$3.85	$1.21B	135,172 t
September 2026	$3.81B	+152.1%	834,835 t	$4.56	$1.25B	97,575 t
August 2026	$2.44B	+12.9%	653,455 t	$3.74	$1.34B	127,799 t
July 2026	$2.49B	+38.7%	891,414 t	$2.79	$1.34B	269,630 t
June 2026	$3.12B	+104.3%	978,659 t	$3.19	$1.59B	144,023 t
May 2026	$2.30B	+45.2%	575,447 t	$4.01	$1.34B	116,554 t
April 2026	$2.19B	+51.4%	533,660 t	$4.11	$1.56B	292,103 t
March 2026	$2.08B	+9.6%	623,322 t	$3.33	$1.33B	113,305 t
February 2026	$2.49B	+53.0%	1,016,507 t	$2.45	$1.15B	118,126 t
January 2026	$1.70B	+46.5%	716,376 t	$2.38	$1.22B	186,622 t
December 2025	$2.07B	+18.4%	1,001,242 t	$2.07	$1.04B	58,396 t
November 2025	$1.28B	-18.3%	531,334 t	$2.41	$1.01B	116,242 t
October 2025	$1.48B	+6.1%	910,890 t	$1.63	$1.20B	273,341 t
September 2025	$1.51B	+16.4%	869,617 t	$1.74	$833.7M	115,732 t
August 2025	$2.16B	+54.9%	1,317,816 t	$1.64	$835.3M	96,771 t
July 2025	$1.80B	+24.4%	1,213,407 t	$1.48	$927.6M	186,746 t
June 2025	$1.53B	+7.7%	737,491 t	$2.07	$849.3M	90,276 t
May 2025	$1.59B	-10.7%	1,046,587 t	$1.52	$861.5M	117,254 t
April 2025	$1.45B	+6.9%	781,160 t	$1.86	$978.8M	171,004 t
March 2025	$1.89B	-2.9%	1,157,227 t	$1.64	$939.0M	113,001 t
February 2025	$1.63B	+45.9%	1,277,331 t	$1.28	$867.7M	167,431 t
January 2025	$1.16B	-33.9%	822,506 t	$1.41	$1.03B	212,427 t
December 2024	$1.75B	-10.6%	1,343,622 t	$1.30	$1.05B	154,590 t
November 2024	$1.57B	-7.1%	872,820 t	$1.79	$732.7M	87,776 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.