South Korea exports to Thailand

태국 · latest month: October 2026

Exports, October 2026

$989.8M

-4.3% vs previous month

vs same month a year earlier

+55.4%

export value

Exports, last 12 months

$10.89B

+38.6% vs 12 months before

Rank among destinations

of 239, last 12 months

Imports, last 12 months

$7.50B

balance $3.40B

In October 2026, South Korea exported $989.8 million of goods to Thailand, down 4.3% from September 2026 and up 55.4% from October 2025.

Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of goods to Thailand totalled $10.89 billion, up 38.6% from the 12 months before ($7.86 billion).

Thailand ranked 15th of 239 destinations for Korean goods over the 12 months to October 2026, up from 18th in the 12 months before.

The largest chapter was electrical machinery and electronics (HS 85), with $3.58 billion or 32.9% of exports to Thailand.

Imports from Thailand in October 2026 were $623.5 million (up 20.0% from October 2025), leaving a surplus of $366.4 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 Thailand: chapters

Export value by HS chapter over the 12 months to October 2026; the largest 25 of 95.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
85	Electrical machinery and electronics	$3.58B	32.9%	+113.3%	$358.2M
72	Iron and steel	$1.35B	12.4%	+2.0%	$96.9M
84	Machinery, boilers and computers	$997.6M	9.2%	+53.7%	$80.6M
39	Plastics and articles thereof	$747.3M	6.9%	+13.5%	$70.9M
71	Pearls, precious stones and precious metals	$371.1M	3.4%	+116.6%	$8.6M
27	Mineral fuels, oils and their products	$350.4M	3.2%	+27.2%	$42.1M
29	Organic chemicals	$346.5M	3.2%	+24.3%	$25.2M
90	Optical, measuring and medical instruments	$304.2M	2.8%	+32.2%	$30.4M
40	Rubber and articles thereof	$289.6M	2.7%	+0.6%	$29.9M
74	Copper and articles thereof	$267.4M	2.5%	+81.2%	$29.4M
33	Essential oils, perfumery and cosmetics	$263.8M	2.4%	+9.7%	$24.4M
28	Inorganic chemicals	$168.2M	1.5%	+51.5%	$23.0M
30	Pharmaceutical products	$146.9M	1.3%	+8.5%	$12.4M
03	Fish, crustaceans and other seafood	$141.6M	1.3%	+4.0%	$13.7M
87	Vehicles, parts and accessories	$133.7M	1.2%	-11.1%	$13.1M
73	Articles of iron or steel	$111.4M	1.0%	+5.1%	$10.5M
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	$97.2M	0.9%	+21.5%	$7.8M
12	Oil seeds, grains, seeds and medicinal plants	$89.6M	0.8%	+0.8%	$2.1M
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	$84.8M	0.8%	-28.1%	$4.6M
48	Paper and paperboard	$83.8M	0.8%	-0.2%	$6.7M
31	Fertilisers	$74.6M	0.7%	-37.9%	$17.6M
32	Dyes, pigments, paints and inks	$72.4M	0.7%	+11.5%	$7.4M
78	Lead and articles thereof	$65.1M	0.6%	-2.2%	$6.0M
23	Food industry residues and animal feed	$63.8M	0.6%	+10.0%	$3.7M
79	Zinc and articles thereof	$61.8M	0.6%	-4.3%	$6.8M

Largest 4-digit headings

The 30 largest of 922 headings exported to Thailand in the same 12 months.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
8542	Electronic integrated circuits (semiconductor chips)	$2.34B	21.5%	+198.1%	$202.2M
8473	Parts and accessories for computers and office machines	$436.0M	4.0%	+1,182%	$32.8M
8534	Printed circuits	$383.2M	3.5%	+7.6%	$44.6M
2710	Refined petroleum oils	$342.0M	3.1%	+30.3%	$41.3M
8523	Solid-state storage devices, discs and other recording media	$330.5M	3.0%	+350.3%	$62.1M
7209	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, cold-rolled	$295.8M	2.7%	+3.7%	$19.9M
7219	Flat-rolled products of stainless steel	$281.2M	2.6%	+17.3%	$22.9M
7108	Gold	$269.7M	2.5%	+207.5%	$3.5M
4002	Synthetic rubber	$256.0M	2.4%	+0.5%	$26.4M
7210	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, coated or plated	$221.2M	2.0%	-1.9%	$12.5M
3304	Beauty, make-up and skin care preparations	$216.6M	2.0%	+7.9%	$19.1M
7225	Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel	$169.4M	1.6%	-15.1%	$12.2M
3901	Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms	$147.0M	1.3%	+8.6%	$14.3M
7208	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, hot-rolled	$139.8M	1.3%	+15.5%	$8.0M
3903	Polymers of styrene, in primary forms	$121.1M	1.1%	-4.5%	$9.3M
7403	Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought	$119.7M	1.1%	+196.4%	$11.0M
2907	Phenols and phenol-alcohols	$118.3M	1.1%	+97.2%	$8.7M
0303	Fish, frozen (excluding fillets)	$117.6M	1.1%	+7.3%	$12.1M
8708	Parts and accessories of motor vehicles	$116.7M	1.1%	+2.8%	$10.9M
3902	Polymers of propylene, in primary forms	$101.7M	0.9%	+20.9%	$10.5M
9018	Medical, surgical and dental instruments	$100.5M	0.9%	+24.1%	$13.2M
8541	Semiconductor devices, including solar cells and LEDs	$97.0M	0.9%	+1.7%	$8.3M
7106	Silver	$88.6M	0.8%	+14.9%	$4.7M
1212	Seaweeds and other algae, locust beans, sugar beet and sugar cane	$87.7M	0.8%	+0.2%	$1.8M
3907	Polyethers, epoxide resins and polyesters, in primary forms	$76.7M	0.7%	+14.5%	$6.4M
8421	Centrifuges and filtering or purifying machinery	$73.4M	0.7%	+29.0%	$4.6M
3004	Medicaments, in measured doses or retail packs	$70.5M	0.6%	+7.6%	$6.7M
9031	Measuring or checking instruments and machines	$67.0M	0.6%	+162.3%	$4.8M
3105	Compound (NPK) and other fertilisers	$66.2M	0.6%	-42.3%	$16.5M
7801	Unwrought lead	$65.0M	0.6%	-2.3%	$6.0M

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

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

Monthly figures

Month	Exports	vs year earlier	Export weight	Export $/kg	Imports	Import weight
October 2026	$989.8M	+55.4%	348,471 t	$2.84	$623.5M	232,180 t
September 2026	$1.03B	+46.0%	301,664 t	$3.43	$673.7M	182,332 t
August 2026	$924.5M	+44.5%	300,800 t	$3.07	$620.9M	158,567 t
July 2026	$1.03B	+49.0%	351,406 t	$2.93	$689.8M	241,267 t
June 2026	$1.05B	+62.2%	358,953 t	$2.93	$784.9M	452,957 t
May 2026	$893.7M	+40.5%	333,409 t	$2.68	$636.8M	282,789 t
April 2026	$1.06B	+52.9%	412,605 t	$2.58	$687.2M	358,703 t
March 2026	$917.1M	+39.3%	341,280 t	$2.69	$641.1M	273,250 t
February 2026	$720.4M	+7.8%	386,801 t	$1.86	$553.2M	258,632 t
January 2026	$869.7M	+39.4%	331,145 t	$2.63	$497.6M	192,438 t
December 2025	$674.8M	+10.1%	357,342 t	$1.89	$549.4M	219,251 t
November 2025	$725.4M	+12.9%	320,884 t	$2.26	$536.8M	220,233 t
October 2025	$636.8M	+2.4%	328,068 t	$1.94	$519.4M	250,107 t
September 2025	$708.3M	+13.8%	377,646 t	$1.88	$612.2M	240,903 t
August 2025	$640.0M	+0.4%	331,684 t	$1.93	$583.8M	293,528 t
July 2025	$690.2M	-10.6%	373,135 t	$1.85	$624.2M	342,853 t
June 2025	$648.4M	+8.3%	362,708 t	$1.79	$640.7M	355,018 t
May 2025	$636.2M	-1.6%	334,121 t	$1.90	$565.2M	306,830 t
April 2025	$695.7M	+4.0%	403,521 t	$1.72	$662.6M	424,596 t
March 2025	$658.6M	+8.8%	384,887 t	$1.71	$603.8M	364,290 t
February 2025	$668.3M	+9.9%	363,196 t	$1.84	$610.3M	360,010 t
January 2025	$623.8M	-2.0%	363,007 t	$1.72	$460.6M	229,830 t
December 2024	$612.9M	+7.9%	339,019 t	$1.81	$565.0M	263,307 t
November 2024	$642.3M	+9.1%	321,909 t	$2.00	$587.6M	281,076 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.