South Korea exports to Taiwan

대만 · latest month: October 2026

Exports, October 2026

$8.77B

-14.3% vs previous month

vs same month a year earlier

+70.0%

export value

Exports, last 12 months

$75.80B

+59.9% vs 12 months before

Rank among destinations

of 239, last 12 months

Imports, last 12 months

$43.41B

balance $32.39B

In October 2026, South Korea exported $8.77 billion of goods to Taiwan, down 14.3% from September 2026 and up 70.0% from October 2025.

Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of goods to Taiwan totalled $75.80 billion, up 59.9% from the 12 months before ($47.41 billion).

Taiwan ranked 5th of 239 destinations for Korean goods over the 12 months to October 2026, down from 4th in the 12 months before.

The largest chapter was electrical machinery and electronics (HS 85), with $57.45 billion or 75.8% of exports to Taiwan.

Imports from Taiwan in October 2026 were $4.77 billion (up 60.3% from October 2025), leaving a surplus of $4.00 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 Taiwan: 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	$57.45B	75.8%	+60.9%	$6.34B
84	Machinery, boilers and computers	$8.86B	11.7%	+161.7%	$1.51B
27	Mineral fuels, oils and their products	$1.63B	2.2%	+26.1%	$124.6M
74	Copper and articles thereof	$875.7M	1.2%	+183.6%	$210.8M
29	Organic chemicals	$745.0M	1.0%	-9.5%	$59.7M
90	Optical, measuring and medical instruments	$666.0M	0.9%	+11.3%	$64.8M
72	Iron and steel	$644.1M	0.8%	+5.1%	$46.4M
39	Plastics and articles thereof	$635.1M	0.8%	+14.0%	$57.6M
87	Vehicles, parts and accessories	$511.3M	0.7%	-9.8%	$30.2M
73	Articles of iron or steel	$472.9M	0.6%	-39.3%	$24.6M
71	Pearls, precious stones and precious metals	$389.8M	0.5%	+99.5%	$40.2M
33	Essential oils, perfumery and cosmetics	$368.2M	0.5%	+14.1%	$32.7M
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	$342.1M	0.5%	+54.6%	$35.7M
28	Inorganic chemicals	$293.0M	0.4%	+25.5%	$22.7M
79	Zinc and articles thereof	$127.8M	0.2%	-1.8%	$12.2M
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	$115.8M	0.2%	+49.7%	$5.3M
70	Glass and glassware	$99.0M	0.1%	-13.5%	$8.1M
37	Photographic or cinematographic goods	$86.3M	0.1%	+6.3%	$7.9M
08	Edible fruit and nuts	$83.1M	0.1%	+58.8%	$21.0M
21	Miscellaneous edible preparations	$76.9M	0.1%	+10.5%	$5.3M
34	Soap, washing preparations and waxes	$74.9M	0.1%	-16.2%	$7.2M
19	Preparations of cereals, flour or milk, and bakery products	$71.3M	0.1%	-2.5%	$5.5M
68	Articles of stone, plaster, cement or mica	$66.7M	0.1%	+24.6%	$7.1M
86	Railway and tramway equipment	$64.9M	0.1%	-34.4%	$6.8M
32	Dyes, pigments, paints and inks	$63.1M	0.1%	+15.0%	$5.7M

Largest 4-digit headings

The 30 largest of 955 headings exported to Taiwan in the same 12 months.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
8542	Electronic integrated circuits (semiconductor chips)	$53.69B	70.8%	+60.7%	$5.96B
8473	Parts and accessories for computers and office machines	$6.11B	8.1%	+394.6%	$1.25B
8486	Machines for making semiconductors and flat panel displays	$1.88B	2.5%	+31.8%	$176.2M
8523	Solid-state storage devices, discs and other recording media	$1.29B	1.7%	+194.4%	$100.2M
2710	Refined petroleum oils	$1.27B	1.7%	+9.6%	$58.2M
8534	Printed circuits	$958.2M	1.3%	+22.2%	$90.0M
7403	Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought	$626.9M	0.8%	+578.3%	$189.2M
8703	Passenger cars	$421.9M	0.6%	-3.0%	$23.2M
2902	Cyclic hydrocarbons	$366.8M	0.5%	-30.0%	$30.5M
8541	Semiconductor devices, including solar cells and LEDs	$340.3M	0.4%	+560.6%	$86.4M
2707	Coal tar distillation oils (benzene, toluene, xylene)	$314.0M	0.4%	+181.4%	$65.5M
8529	Parts for display modules, televisions and broadcasting equipment	$304.4M	0.4%	+3,291%	$23.5M
3304	Beauty, make-up and skin care preparations	$287.3M	0.4%	+13.3%	$25.2M
7308	Steel structures and parts (bridges, towers, frameworks)	$287.1M	0.4%	-54.3%	$7.3M
8536	Electrical switches, connectors and circuit protection (up to 1,000 V)	$251.4M	0.3%	+24.7%	$29.8M
7208	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, hot-rolled	$219.6M	0.3%	+7.8%	$13.1M
7108	Gold	$207.6M	0.3%	+36.1%	$14.2M
9030	Instruments for measuring electrical quantities	$206.1M	0.3%	+22.5%	$21.3M
8414	Air or vacuum pumps, compressors and fans	$187.7M	0.2%	+45.3%	$13.4M
3818	Doped chemical elements for electronics (wafers)	$180.2M	0.2%	+68.4%	$18.8M
7106	Silver	$172.7M	0.2%	+470.9%	$25.2M
8421	Centrifuges and filtering or purifying machinery	$147.2M	0.2%	+15.0%	$15.8M
7202	Ferro-alloys	$139.0M	0.2%	+75.8%	$14.2M
3920	Plates, sheets and film of plastics, not reinforced	$135.2M	0.2%	-4.2%	$8.9M
9031	Measuring or checking instruments and machines	$133.9M	0.2%	+16.3%	$12.3M
8544	Insulated wire and cable	$128.7M	0.2%	-59.3%	$2.7M
3907	Polyethers, epoxide resins and polyesters, in primary forms	$126.7M	0.2%	+21.1%	$14.5M
3824	Miscellaneous chemical preparations	$121.4M	0.2%	+98.6%	$12.8M
7901	Unwrought zinc	$112.0M	0.1%	-8.1%	$10.3M
3921	Other plates, sheets and film of plastics	$111.0M	0.1%	+64.2%	$11.7M

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

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

Monthly figures

Month	Exports	vs year earlier	Export weight	Export $/kg	Imports	Import weight
October 2026	$8.77B	+70.0%	326,166 t	$26.89	$4.77B	142,548 t
September 2026	$10.24B	+96.7%	355,657 t	$28.79	$5.04B	139,757 t
August 2026	$6.47B	+48.0%	333,776 t	$19.39	$4.72B	268,733 t
July 2026	$5.69B	+22.3%	347,362 t	$16.38	$4.33B	179,484 t
June 2026	$8.33B	+91.5%	443,489 t	$18.77	$3.77B	183,972 t
May 2026	$6.66B	+76.6%	378,486 t	$17.61	$3.14B	128,609 t
April 2026	$5.56B	+68.4%	343,014 t	$16.21	$3.31B	149,343 t
March 2026	$6.32B	+65.4%	396,771 t	$15.93	$3.12B	115,087 t
February 2026	$4.55B	+65.3%	346,706 t	$13.12	$2.61B	156,908 t
January 2026	$3.96B	+62.4%	378,678 t	$10.46	$2.94B	107,236 t
December 2025	$5.13B	+18.3%	641,175 t	$8.00	$2.87B	133,717 t
November 2025	$4.12B	+26.5%	590,658 t	$6.97	$2.79B	121,106 t
October 2025	$5.16B	+46.2%	592,966 t	$8.70	$2.97B	138,700 t
September 2025	$5.21B	+40.0%	565,733 t	$9.20	$2.82B	144,775 t
August 2025	$4.37B	+39.0%	495,730 t	$8.82	$2.80B	134,755 t
July 2025	$4.65B	+67.8%	535,607 t	$8.69	$2.94B	139,686 t
June 2025	$4.35B	+31.2%	311,183 t	$13.97	$2.83B	130,162 t
May 2025	$3.77B	+49.9%	458,330 t	$8.23	$2.44B	99,893 t
April 2025	$3.30B	+58.2%	459,420 t	$7.19	$2.32B	144,035 t
March 2025	$3.82B	+92.1%	393,229 t	$9.72	$2.91B	147,192 t
February 2025	$2.75B	+79.6%	478,406 t	$5.75	$2.40B	165,272 t
January 2025	$2.44B	+37.4%	396,897 t	$6.14	$2.23B	168,855 t
December 2024	$4.34B	+100.1%	715,660 t	$6.06	$2.91B	155,184 t
November 2024	$3.25B	+92.3%	510,043 t	$6.38	$2.82B	104,688 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.