South Korea exports to the United States

미국 · latest month: October 2026

Exports, October 2026

$24.99B

+2.8% vs previous month

vs same month a year earlier

+186.9%

export value

Exports, last 12 months

$199.47B

+63.0% vs 12 months before

Rank among destinations

of 239, last 12 months

Imports, last 12 months

$87.35B

balance $112.12B

In October 2026, South Korea exported $24.99 billion of goods to the United States, up 2.8% from September 2026 and up 186.9% from October 2025.

Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of goods to the United States totalled $199.47 billion, up 63.0% from the 12 months before ($122.39 billion).

The United States ranked 2nd 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 machinery, boilers and computers (HS 84), with $70.13 billion or 35.2% of exports to the United States.

Imports from the United States in October 2026 were $7.32 billion (up 16.5% from October 2025), leaving a surplus of $17.67 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 the United States: 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
84	Machinery, boilers and computers	$70.13B	35.2%	+164.1%	$11.12B
85	Electrical machinery and electronics	$49.04B	24.6%	+130.7%	$6.35B
87	Vehicles, parts and accessories	$37.50B	18.8%	+0.2%	$3.44B
27	Mineral fuels, oils and their products	$7.60B	3.8%	+35.2%	$882.3M
39	Plastics and articles thereof	$4.28B	2.1%	+3.8%	$378.6M
33	Essential oils, perfumery and cosmetics	$2.85B	1.4%	+36.7%	$299.8M
73	Articles of iron or steel	$2.83B	1.4%	+7.4%	$332.7M
72	Iron and steel	$2.55B	1.3%	+67.4%	$302.6M
90	Optical, measuring and medical instruments	$2.41B	1.2%	+7.8%	$209.5M
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	$1.94B	1.0%	+63.4%	$104.6M
74	Copper and articles thereof	$1.68B	0.8%	+103.3%	$64.7M
30	Pharmaceutical products	$1.52B	0.8%	-20.3%	$130.9M
28	Inorganic chemicals	$1.46B	0.7%	+8.9%	$168.1M
29	Organic chemicals	$1.30B	0.7%	+31.9%	$117.6M
40	Rubber and articles thereof	$1.22B	0.6%	-9.2%	$110.2M
71	Pearls, precious stones and precious metals	$1.02B	0.5%	+35.1%	$72.6M
88	Aircraft and spacecraft	$981.3M	0.5%	-14.7%	$57.6M
19	Preparations of cereals, flour or milk, and bakery products	$798.2M	0.4%	+18.6%	$75.9M
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	$735.4M	0.4%	-30.2%	$75.5M
48	Paper and paperboard	$704.4M	0.4%	+14.9%	$65.0M
83	Miscellaneous articles of base metal	$545.0M	0.3%	-7.0%	$47.9M
82	Tools and cutlery of base metal	$501.5M	0.3%	+39.3%	$41.2M
94	Furniture, bedding and lighting	$500.7M	0.3%	+4.2%	$59.4M
20	Preparations of vegetables, fruit or nuts	$382.9M	0.2%	+17.6%	$33.3M
21	Miscellaneous edible preparations	$320.8M	0.2%	+17.5%	$30.6M

Largest 4-digit headings

The 30 largest of 1060 headings exported to the United States in the same 12 months.

Code	Product	Exports, 12 months	Share	vs 12 months before	October 2026
8473	Parts and accessories for computers and office machines	$54.71B	27.4%	+399.9%	$9.63B
8703	Passenger cars	$30.50B	15.3%	+1.5%	$2.86B
8523	Solid-state storage devices, discs and other recording media	$26.70B	13.4%	+393.6%	$3.85B
2710	Refined petroleum oils	$7.45B	3.7%	+40.0%	$877.1M
8708	Parts and accessories of motor vehicles	$6.37B	3.2%	-5.0%	$542.2M
8507	Rechargeable batteries (electric accumulators)	$4.27B	2.1%	+14.3%	$427.4M
8542	Electronic integrated circuits (semiconductor chips)	$3.27B	1.6%	+227.2%	$517.1M
8517	Telephones, smartphones and network equipment	$3.08B	1.5%	+106.9%	$288.4M
8504	Electrical transformers, static converters and inductors	$2.47B	1.2%	+15.4%	$310.2M
3304	Beauty, make-up and skin care preparations	$2.31B	1.2%	+32.3%	$241.4M
8544	Insulated wire and cable	$1.53B	0.8%	+42.7%	$209.6M
8486	Machines for making semiconductors and flat panel displays	$1.48B	0.7%	+67.8%	$127.7M
3002	Blood products, vaccines and immunological products	$1.38B	0.7%	-22.4%	$118.7M
8479	Machines and mechanical appliances with individual functions	$1.37B	0.7%	-12.4%	$134.9M
7606	Aluminium plates, sheets and strip	$1.29B	0.6%	+62.3%	$28.0M
8537	Electrical control and distribution boards	$1.16B	0.6%	+41.2%	$138.0M
7403	Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought	$1.12B	0.6%	+351.1%	$7.3M
2841	Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids	$1.09B	0.5%	-2.0%	$115.9M
8418	Refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps	$973.8M	0.5%	-26.0%	$85.7M
8541	Semiconductor devices, including solar cells and LEDs	$959.3M	0.5%	+107.9%	$72.9M
7306	Other welded tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of iron or steel	$925.7M	0.5%	+12.5%	$103.7M
8407	Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines	$776.8M	0.4%	-20.0%	$100.2M
3907	Polyethers, epoxide resins and polyesters, in primary forms	$774.9M	0.4%	+0.8%	$62.6M
8421	Centrifuges and filtering or purifying machinery	$743.4M	0.4%	+33.5%	$60.4M
8807	Parts of aircraft and spacecraft	$739.0M	0.4%	+16.5%	$57.5M
8414	Air or vacuum pumps, compressors and fans	$712.5M	0.4%	+1.0%	$63.8M
7210	Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, coated or plated	$708.7M	0.4%	+32.5%	$74.9M
4011	New pneumatic tyres, of rubber	$699.9M	0.4%	-20.0%	$69.5M
8411	Gas turbines and turbo-jets	$688.9M	0.3%	+17.4%	$118.5M
8419	Machinery for treating materials by a change of temperature	$671.1M	0.3%	-16.8%	$61.6M

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

Featured industry: cosmetics exports to the United States, by 6-digit product.

Monthly figures

Month	Exports	vs year earlier	Export weight	Export $/kg	Imports	Import weight
October 2026	$24.99B	+186.9%	2,001,960 t	$12.48	$7.32B	4,308,755 t
September 2026	$24.32B	+137.0%	1,907,969 t	$12.75	$7.06B	4,973,567 t
August 2026	$16.50B	+89.3%	1,640,489 t	$10.06	$7.60B	5,820,338 t
July 2026	$17.50B	+69.4%	2,450,028 t	$7.14	$8.98B	6,847,654 t
June 2026	$20.01B	+78.7%	2,157,524 t	$9.28	$7.91B	5,850,869 t
May 2026	$15.99B	+59.3%	1,691,137 t	$9.45	$7.52B	4,826,679 t
April 2026	$16.35B	+54.2%	1,670,318 t	$9.79	$8.33B	5,666,455 t
March 2026	$16.42B	+47.8%	1,974,963 t	$8.31	$7.24B	4,984,978 t
February 2026	$12.70B	+28.5%	1,798,264 t	$7.06	$5.76B	4,707,045 t
January 2026	$12.00B	+29.3%	2,009,042 t	$5.97	$6.76B	5,832,890 t
December 2025	$12.33B	+3.7%	1,932,419 t	$6.38	$6.77B	5,876,147 t
November 2025	$10.35B	-0.1%	1,685,544 t	$6.14	$6.10B	5,509,475 t
October 2025	$8.71B	-16.2%	1,551,025 t	$5.62	$6.28B	4,602,586 t
September 2025	$10.26B	-1.4%	1,757,178 t	$5.84	$5.94B	4,847,245 t
August 2025	$8.72B	-12.2%	1,679,337 t	$5.19	$5.98B	4,907,070 t
July 2025	$10.33B	+1.5%	1,650,174 t	$6.26	$6.42B	5,220,868 t
June 2025	$11.20B	-0.8%	1,814,402 t	$6.17	$5.99B	5,128,672 t
May 2025	$10.03B	-8.2%	2,036,202 t	$4.93	$6.77B	5,939,830 t
April 2025	$10.60B	-7.0%	2,114,470 t	$5.01	$6.14B	5,170,919 t
March 2025	$11.11B	+2.1%	1,944,892 t	$5.71	$5.39B	3,756,683 t
February 2025	$9.89B	+0.8%	1,850,121 t	$5.34	$5.74B	4,612,047 t
January 2025	$9.28B	-9.5%	1,675,157 t	$5.54	$5.84B	4,517,802 t
December 2024	$11.89B	+5.4%	1,745,641 t	$6.81	$5.48B	3,964,431 t
November 2024	$10.37B	-5.2%	1,616,064 t	$6.42	$5.44B	3,710,464 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.