Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included: South Korea exports and imports
HS 1404 · 따로 분류되지 않은 식물성 생산품 · latest month: October 2026
In October 2026, South Korea exported $4,370 of vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included (HS 1404), down 89.1% from September 2026. The figure for October 2025 ($3,729) is too small for a percentage comparison.
Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included (HS 1404) totalled $462,503, up 61.2% from the 12 months before ($286,871).
The largest destination over the 12 months to October 2026 was the United States ($297,408, 64.3% of the total), followed by China and Japan.
That was 98.5% of South Korea's exports under HS chapter 14 (vegetable plaiting materials) over the same 12 months.
Imports in October 2026 were $6.0 million (up 13.5% from October 2025), leaving a deficit of $6.0 million for the month.
Last 24 months
Subheadings under HS 1404
| Code | Product | Exports, 12 months | Share | vs 12 months before | October 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1404.20 | Cotton linters | $47K | 10.1% | +6.8% | $2,487 |
| 1404.90 | Other | $416K | 89.9% | +71.0% | $1,883 |
| 1404.90.1000 | Hard seeds, pips, hulls and nuts, of a kind used for carving (for example, corozo) | $0 | 0.0% | – | $0 |
| 1404.90.2010 | Bark of paper mulberry | $0 | 0.0% | – | $0 |
| 1404.90.2090 | Other | $0 | 0.0% | – | $0 |
| 1404.90.3010 | Leaves of quercus dentata | $0 | 0.0% | – | $0 |
| 1404.90.3020 | Leaves of smilax china | $0 | 0.0% | – | $0 |
| 1404.90.3090 | Other | $1,204 | 0.3% | – | $0 |
| 1404.90.4000 | Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily as stuffing or as padding (for example, kapok, vegetable hair and eel-grass | $16 | 0.0% | – | $16 |
| 1404.90.5000 | Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in brooms or in brushes(for example, broomcorn, piassava, couch-grass and i | $0 | 0.0% | – | $0 |
| 1404.90.6010 | Gall nuts | $0 | 0.0% | – | $0 |
| 1404.90.6020 | Almond hulls | $0 | 0.0% | – | $0 |
| 1404.90.6090 | Other | $25K | 6.0% | +113.8% | $0 |
| 1404.90.9000 | Other | $390K | 93.7% | +73.0% | $1,867 |
Six-digit codes are international; the indented ten-digit codes are South Korea's own subdivision. These rows are world totals; "Share" is the share of the row above.
Top destinations
Export value over the 12 months to October 2026. 23 countries received this product from South Korea in the last 24 months; the table shows the largest 20.
| Rank | Country | Exports, 12 months | Share | vs 12 months before | Rank before | October 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | $297K | 64.3% | +251.4% | 1 | $16 |
| 2 | China | $58K | 12.5% | +21.6% | 2 | $4,331 |
| 3 | Japan | $32K | 7.0% | +13.5% | 4 | $0 |
| 4 | Vietnam | $25K | 5.4% | +20.4% | 6 | $0 |
| 5 | Singapore | $25K | 5.4% | +144.3% | 7 | $0 |
| 6 | Bangladesh | $16K | 3.5% | -62.6% | 3 | $0 |
| 7 | Thailand | $2,275 | 0.5% | – | 11 | $14 |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | $1,720 | 0.4% | -93.8% | 5 | $0 |
| 9 | Indonesia | $1,719 | 0.4% | – | – | $0 |
| 10 | Taiwan | $988 | 0.2% | – | 9 | $9 |
| 11 | Netherlands | $960 | 0.2% | – | 14 | $0 |
| 12 | Hong Kong | $657 | 0.1% | – | 12 | $0 |
| 13 | Mongolia | $115 | 0.0% | – | – | $0 |
| 14 | Russia | $95 | 0.0% | – | – | $0 |
| 15 | Philippines | $22 | 0.0% | – | – | $0 |
| – | Brazil | $0 | 0.0% | – | 15 | $0 |
| – | India | $0 | 0.0% | – | 17 | $0 |
| – | Israel | $0 | 0.0% | – | 16 | $0 |
| – | Kyrgyzstan | $0 | 0.0% | – | 13 | $0 |
| – | Other countries | $0 | 0.0% | – | 19 | $0 |
Countries are linked when exports of this product to them reached $5,000,000 over 24 months.
Monthly figures
| Month | Exports | vs year earlier | Export weight | Export $/kg | Imports | Import weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $4,370 | – | 10.3 t | $0.43 | $6.0M | 25,384 t |
| September 2026 | $40K | +147.1% | 10.8 t | $3.72 | $10.6M | 58,577 t |
| August 2026 | $50K | +46.4% | 22.6 t | $2.23 | $4.6M | 14,636 t |
| July 2026 | $44K | +0.9% | 13.9 t | $3.13 | $11.8M | 58,739 t |
| June 2026 | $58K | +214.9% | 1.4 t | $42.10 | $9.4M | 39,622 t |
| May 2026 | $17K | -8.4% | 9.6 t | $1.80 | $5.5M | 15,282 t |
| April 2026 | $58K | – | 21.4 t | $2.70 | $10.4M | 50,589 t |
| March 2026 | $60K | +300.1% | 10.6 t | $5.62 | $8.6M | 29,404 t |
| February 2026 | $7,495 | -78.6% | 11.2 t | $0.67 | $9.7M | 48,823 t |
| January 2026 | $53K | +273.9% | 8.8 t | $6.01 | $8.6M | 43,488 t |
| December 2025 | $63K | +63.5% | 1.6 t | $39.58 | $8.9M | 46,488 t |
| November 2025 | $8,067 | -80.1% | 11.1 t | $0.73 | $6.1M | 16,628 t |
| October 2025 | $3,729 | -78.3% | 174 kg | $21.43 | $5.3M | 12,535 t |
| September 2025 | $16K | -25.4% | 23.1 t | $0.70 | $5.5M | 15,382 t |
| August 2025 | $34K | +54.2% | 16.2 t | $2.13 | $5.4M | 15,245 t |
| July 2025 | $43K | -44.9% | 16.0 t | $2.70 | $5.9M | 15,555 t |
| June 2025 | $18K | -45.5% | 10.2 t | $1.80 | $4.6M | 14,406 t |
| May 2025 | $19K | -12.8% | 10.6 t | $1.78 | $5.4M | 16,994 t |
| April 2025 | $8,901 | -84.4% | 10.6 t | $0.84 | $7.6M | 22,443 t |
| March 2025 | $15K | -42.9% | 9.7 t | $1.53 | $5.9M | 20,628 t |
| February 2025 | $35K | +191.8% | 28.3 t | $1.24 | $4.2M | 12,711 t |
| January 2025 | $14K | -82.7% | 8.7 t | $1.63 | $2.8M | 7,987 t |
| December 2024 | $38K | +245.6% | 13.4 t | $2.87 | $2.4M | 8,861 t |
| November 2024 | $41K | -35.6% | 16.0 t | $2.53 | $3.3M | 11,199 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.