Polishes and creams for footwear, furniture, floors or metal: South Korea exports and imports
HS 3405 · 신발용ㆍ가구용ㆍ마루용ㆍ차체(coachwork)용ㆍ유리용ㆍ금속용 광택제와 크림, 연마페이스트(paste)ㆍ연마가루와 이와 유사한 조제품[이러한 조제품을 침투시키거나 도포하거나 피복한 종이ㆍ워딩(wadding)ㆍ펠트(felt)ㆍ부직포ㆍ셀룰러 플라스틱ㆍ셀룰러 고무 형태의 것인지에 상관없다](제3404호의 왁스는 제외한다) · latest month: October 2026
In October 2026, South Korea exported $17.8 million of polishes and creams for footwear, furniture, floors or metal (HS 3405), up 7.8% from September 2026 and down 25.6% from October 2025.
Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of polishes and creams for footwear, furniture, floors or metal (HS 3405) totalled $176.6 million, up 6.3% from the 12 months before ($166.2 million).
The largest destination over the 12 months to October 2026 was China ($129.1 million, 73.1% of the total), followed by the United States and Singapore.
That was 8.2% of South Korea's exports under HS chapter 34 (soap, washing preparations and waxes) over the same 12 months.
Imports in October 2026 were $18.1 million (up 26.0% from October 2025), leaving a deficit of $296,226 for the month.
Official description of HS 3405: Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of heading 34.04.
Last 24 months
Subheadings under HS 3405
| Code | Product | Exports, 12 months | Share | vs 12 months before | October 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3405.10 | Polishes, creams and similar preparations for footwear or leather | $845K | 0.5% | -52.7% | $83K |
| 3405.20 | Polishes, creams and similar preparations for the maintenance of wooden furniture, floors or other woodwork | $840K | 0.5% | +6.8% | $30K |
| 3405.30 | Polishes and similar preparations for coachwork, other than metal polishes | $15.7M | 8.9% | +3.3% | $1.4M |
| 3405.40 | Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations | $98.9M | 56.0% | +14.1% | $10.7M |
| 3405.90 | Other | $60.4M | 34.2% | -2.3% | $5.6M |
| 3405.90.1030 | Based on diamond powder or dust | $315K | 0.5% | -45.0% | $13K |
| 3405.90.1090 | Other | $435K | 0.7% | -22.9% | $56K |
| 3405.90.9000 | Other | $59.6M | 98.8% | -1.7% | $5.5M |
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. 119 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 | China | $129.1M | 73.1% | +19.9% | 1 | $13.0M |
| 2 | United States | $13.6M | 7.7% | -8.2% | 2 | $1.0M |
| 3 | Singapore | $10.1M | 5.7% | -6.1% | 3 | $1.4M |
| 4 | Taiwan | $3.6M | 2.0% | +24.4% | 5 | $258K |
| 5 | Malaysia | $2.9M | 1.6% | +10.6% | 7 | $490K |
| 6 | Pakistan | $2.4M | 1.3% | -16.2% | 6 | $372K |
| 7 | Japan | $2.1M | 1.2% | -7.1% | 8 | $231K |
| 8 | Australia | $2.1M | 1.2% | +8.3% | 10 | $160K |
| 9 | Vietnam | $1.5M | 0.8% | -30.5% | 9 | $84K |
| 10 | India | $872K | 0.5% | +34.7% | 12 | $40K |
| 11 | Russia | $837K | 0.5% | +31.6% | 13 | $33K |
| 12 | Canada | $564K | 0.3% | +34.0% | 17 | $181K |
| 13 | Poland | $520K | 0.3% | -29.5% | 11 | $54K |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | $394K | 0.2% | -12.1% | 16 | $16K |
| 15 | Netherlands | $392K | 0.2% | +4.2% | 19 | $40K |
| 16 | Mongolia | $373K | 0.2% | -33.4% | 14 | $9,354 |
| 17 | Thailand | $336K | 0.2% | -6.2% | 21 | $16K |
| 18 | United Kingdom | $332K | 0.2% | -11.0% | 20 | $24K |
| 19 | Türkiye | $315K | 0.2% | -31.3% | 15 | $31K |
| 20 | Indonesia | $312K | 0.2% | -2.6% | 22 | $27K |
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 | $17.8M | -25.6% | 2,303 t | $7.74 | $18.1M | 2,456 t |
| September 2026 | $16.5M | +17.4% | 2,197 t | $7.53 | $13.6M | 2,116 t |
| August 2026 | $16.6M | +33.8% | 2,234 t | $7.43 | $13.5M | 1,793 t |
| July 2026 | $14.7M | -4.5% | 1,980 t | $7.41 | $14.9M | 2,104 t |
| June 2026 | $12.9M | -5.7% | 1,904 t | $6.75 | $14.6M | 2,076 t |
| May 2026 | $14.0M | +19.5% | 1,974 t | $7.10 | $14.3M | 2,085 t |
| April 2026 | $14.9M | +8.6% | 2,013 t | $7.41 | $15.9M | 2,206 t |
| March 2026 | $12.2M | +20.1% | 1,914 t | $6.36 | $13.8M | 2,124 t |
| February 2026 | $12.5M | -10.5% | 1,593 t | $7.84 | $13.1M | 1,816 t |
| January 2026 | $14.6M | +23.1% | 2,219 t | $6.60 | $12.2M | 1,871 t |
| December 2025 | $14.8M | +10.0% | 2,193 t | $6.77 | $15.7M | 1,998 t |
| November 2025 | $15.0M | +27.6% | 2,075 t | $7.25 | $13.7M | 1,828 t |
| October 2025 | $24.0M | +112.0% | 2,067 t | $11.60 | $14.4M | 1,938 t |
| September 2025 | $14.1M | +12.8% | 1,867 t | $7.55 | $17.3M | 2,365 t |
| August 2025 | $12.4M | +7.4% | 1,730 t | $7.18 | $15.9M | 2,321 t |
| July 2025 | $15.4M | +11.0% | 2,188 t | $7.03 | $16.0M | 2,119 t |
| June 2025 | $13.6M | +10.6% | 1,929 t | $7.07 | $18.0M | 2,499 t |
| May 2025 | $11.7M | -14.7% | 1,871 t | $6.27 | $15.6M | 2,133 t |
| April 2025 | $13.7M | +20.7% | 2,064 t | $6.66 | $15.0M | 1,948 t |
| March 2025 | $10.1M | -15.0% | 1,810 t | $5.60 | $14.7M | 1,888 t |
| February 2025 | $14.0M | +35.7% | 2,050 t | $6.80 | $13.4M | 1,805 t |
| January 2025 | $11.9M | -4.7% | 1,820 t | $6.53 | $13.2M | 1,802 t |
| December 2024 | $13.5M | +50.0% | 2,026 t | $6.66 | $16.9M | 2,321 t |
| November 2024 | $11.8M | +22.4% | 2,080 t | $5.67 | $13.7M | 1,937 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.