Trunks, suitcases, handbags and similar containers: South Korea exports and imports
HS 4202 · 트렁크ㆍ슈트 케이스ㆍ화장품 케이스ㆍ이그잭큐티브 케이스(executive case)ㆍ서류가방ㆍ학생가방ㆍ안경 케이스ㆍ쌍안경 케이스ㆍ사진기 케이스ㆍ악기 케이스ㆍ총 케이스ㆍ권총 케이스와 이와 유사한 용기, 가죽ㆍ콤퍼지션 레더(composition leather)ㆍ플라스틱의 시트(sheet)ㆍ방직용 섬유ㆍ벌커나이즈드파이버(vulcanised fibre)ㆍ판지 또는 이러한 재료나 종이로 전부 또는 주로 피복하여 만든 여행가방ㆍ식품용이나 음료용 단열가방ㆍ화장갑ㆍ배낭ㆍ핸드백ㆍ쇼핑백ㆍ돈주머니ㆍ지갑ㆍ지도용 케이스ㆍ담배 케이스ㆍ담배쌈지ㆍ공구가방ㆍ운동용구 가방, 병 케이스ㆍ신변장식용품용 상자ㆍ분갑ㆍ칼붙이집과 이와 유사한 용기 · latest month: October 2026
In October 2026, South Korea exported $45.7 million of trunks, suitcases, handbags and similar containers (HS 4202), up 1.9% from September 2026 and up 56.4% from October 2025.
Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of trunks, suitcases, handbags and similar containers (HS 4202) totalled $566.5 million, up 42.1% from the 12 months before ($398.7 million).
The largest destination over the 12 months to October 2026 was China ($168.7 million, 29.8% of the total), followed by Hong Kong and Japan.
That was 85.4% of South Korea's exports under HS chapter 42 (leather articles, handbags and travel goods) over the same 12 months.
Imports in October 2026 were $289.6 million (up 5.8% from October 2025), leaving a deficit of $244.0 million for the month.
Official description of HS 4202: Trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers; travelling-bags, insulated food or beverages bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle-cases, jewellery boxes, powder-boxes, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper.
Last 24 months
Subheadings under HS 4202
| Code | Product | Exports, 12 months | Share | vs 12 months before | October 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4202.11 | With outer surface of leather or of composition leather | $1.9M | 0.3% | -22.3% | $173K |
| 4202.11.1000 | Of leather | $1.6M | 85.1% | -21.9% | $135K |
| 4202.11.2000 | Of composition leather | $228K | 12.0% | -21.3% | $31K |
| 4202.11.3000 | Of patent leather | $56K | 3.0% | -35.1% | $6,650 |
| 4202.12 | With outer surface of plastics or of textile materials | $19.5M | 3.4% | +14.1% | $1.7M |
| 4202.12.1010 | Of polyvinylchloride | $755K | 3.9% | -12.5% | $121K |
| 4202.12.1020 | Of polyurethane | $607K | 3.1% | +4.1% | $10K |
| 4202.12.1090 | Other | $8.3M | 42.4% | +44.3% | $279K |
| 4202.12.2000 | Of textile materials | $9.9M | 50.6% | -0.5% | $1.3M |
| 4202.19 | Other | $7.7M | 1.4% | +63.0% | $1.3M |
| 4202.19.0000 | Other | $7.7M | 100.0% | +63.0% | $1.3M |
| 4202.19.9000 | Other | $0 | 0.0% | – | $0 |
| 4202.21 | With outer surface of leather or of composition leather | $106.3M | 18.8% | +45.0% | $8.0M |
| 4202.21.1010 | Of snake | $730K | 0.7% | +9.9% | $42K |
| 4202.21.1020 | Of lizard | $187K | 0.2% | +245.5% | $29K |
| 4202.21.1030 | Of crocodile | $1.6M | 1.5% | -38.7% | $129K |
| 4202.21.1090 | Other | $90.1M | 84.7% | +49.0% | $6.9M |
| 4202.21.2000 | Of composition leather | $10.9M | 10.2% | +204.8% | $672K |
| 4202.21.3000 | Of patent leather | $2.9M | 2.7% | -52.4% | $212K |
| 4202.22 | With outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials | $140.2M | 24.8% | +14.3% | $8.0M |
| 4202.22.1010 | Of polyvinylchloride | $1.1M | 0.8% | -42.3% | $150K |
| 4202.22.1020 | Of polyurethane | $79.2M | 56.5% | +41.1% | $4.7M |
| 4202.22.1090 | Other | $26.9M | 19.2% | -29.6% | $1.1M |
| 4202.22.2000 | Of textile materials | $33.1M | 23.6% | +25.0% | $2.1M |
| 4202.29 | Other | $21.3M | 3.8% | +346.1% | $994K |
| 4202.29.0000 | Other | $21.3M | 100.0% | +346.1% | $994K |
| 4202.29.9000 | Other | $0 | 0.0% | – | $0 |
| 4202.31 | With outer surface of leather or of composition leather | $8.6M | 1.5% | +34.2% | $472K |
| 4202.31.1030 | Of crocodile | $94K | 1.1% | +32.3% | $5,164 |
| 4202.31.1090 | Other | $8.0M | 92.3% | +36.7% | $460K |
| 4202.31.2000 | Of composition leather | $482K | 5.6% | +145.7% | $3,122 |
| 4202.31.3000 | Of patent leather | $84K | 1.0% | -74.6% | $3,336 |
| 4202.32 | With outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials | $26.5M | 4.7% | +35.1% | $2.3M |
| 4202.32.1010 | Of polyvinylchloride | $730K | 2.8% | -8.4% | $55K |
| 4202.32.1020 | Of polyurethane | $9.6M | 36.4% | +17.0% | $987K |
| 4202.32.1090 | Other | $7.0M | 26.3% | +47.9% | $578K |
| 4202.32.2000 | Of textile materials | $9.2M | 34.6% | +56.2% | $633K |
| 4202.39 | Other | $2.1M | 0.4% | +10.7% | $124K |
| 4202.91 | With outer surface of leather or of composition leather | $6.0M | 1.1% | +45.0% | $813K |
| 4202.91.1000 | Of leather | $4.2M | 70.3% | +13.2% | $703K |
| 4202.91.2000 | Of composition leather | $809K | 13.5% | +235.4% | $46K |
| 4202.91.3000 | Of patent leather | $965K | 16.2% | +472.8% | $64K |
| 4202.92 | With outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials | $143.4M | 25.3% | +95.5% | $18.2M |
| 4202.92.1010 | Of polyvinylchloride | $1.8M | 1.3% | -7.5% | $140K |
| 4202.92.1020 | Of polyurethane | $15.6M | 10.9% | +7.0% | $996K |
| 4202.92.1090 | Other | $10.6M | 7.4% | +16.5% | $932K |
| 4202.92.2000 | Of textile materials | $115.4M | 80.5% | +141.8% | $16.1M |
| 4202.99 | Other | $83.0M | 14.7% | +21.6% | $3.7M |
| 4202.99.1000 | Of paper board | $308K | 0.4% | +149.0% | $850 |
| 4202.99.9000 | Other | $82.7M | 99.6% | +21.3% | $3.7M |
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. 190 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 | $168.7M | 29.8% | +41.2% | 1 | $9.3M |
| 2 | Hong Kong | $140.6M | 24.8% | +92.6% | 2 | $15.2M |
| 3 | Japan | $47.4M | 8.4% | +14.6% | 3 | $4.5M |
| 4 | United States | $37.9M | 6.7% | +4.8% | 4 | $2.6M |
| 5 | Taiwan | $21.0M | 3.7% | +56.9% | 7 | $2.4M |
| 6 | Italy | $18.0M | 3.2% | -2.5% | 5 | $2.8M |
| 7 | Netherlands | $17.4M | 3.1% | +127.4% | 10 | $351K |
| 8 | Vietnam | $17.2M | 3.0% | +189.3% | 11 | $835K |
| 9 | Germany | $12.6M | 2.2% | +11.5% | 8 | $1.4M |
| 10 | Singapore | $11.5M | 2.0% | +112.6% | 12 | $526K |
| 11 | France | $10.8M | 1.9% | -20.1% | 6 | $690K |
| 12 | Thailand | $10.3M | 1.8% | -4.8% | 9 | $745K |
| 13 | United Kingdom | $6.4M | 1.1% | +141.2% | 17 | $432K |
| 14 | Indonesia | $5.6M | 1.0% | +10.6% | 14 | $575K |
| 15 | Canada | $4.9M | 0.9% | +22.8% | 15 | $414K |
| 16 | Philippines | $4.3M | 0.8% | -16.6% | 13 | $485K |
| 17 | Macao | $4.3M | 0.8% | +96.8% | 19 | $242K |
| 18 | Australia | $4.1M | 0.7% | +31.6% | 16 | $280K |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | $2.1M | 0.4% | -10.1% | 18 | $158K |
| 20 | Malaysia | $2.0M | 0.3% | +24.3% | 20 | $238K |
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 | $45.7M | +56.4% | 889 t | $51.38 | $289.6M | 9,153 t |
| September 2026 | $44.8M | +18.9% | 800 t | $56.04 | $274.7M | 9,984 t |
| August 2026 | $44.3M | +34.1% | 709 t | $62.48 | $258.0M | 8,868 t |
| July 2026 | $57.1M | +53.8% | 908 t | $62.91 | $286.0M | 8,971 t |
| June 2026 | $61.6M | +51.2% | 1,011 t | $60.87 | $325.7M | 9,343 t |
| May 2026 | $47.0M | +46.2% | 797 t | $58.94 | $298.6M | 9,262 t |
| April 2026 | $53.8M | +50.2% | 1,041 t | $51.70 | $326.8M | 9,929 t |
| March 2026 | $47.3M | +40.0% | 842 t | $56.16 | $277.3M | 6,900 t |
| February 2026 | $33.5M | +7.9% | 556 t | $60.20 | $267.5M | 7,811 t |
| January 2026 | $43.0M | +58.7% | 845 t | $50.90 | $311.9M | 10,363 t |
| December 2025 | $40.2M | +31.9% | 729 t | $55.09 | $320.5M | 9,161 t |
| November 2025 | $48.3M | +57.9% | 809 t | $59.78 | $259.8M | 8,044 t |
| October 2025 | $29.2M | -4.4% | 675 t | $43.22 | $273.8M | 7,568 t |
| September 2025 | $37.7M | +32.4% | 1,007 t | $37.43 | $277.5M | 9,871 t |
| August 2025 | $33.0M | +16.4% | 777 t | $42.52 | $252.7M | 8,288 t |
| July 2025 | $37.1M | +37.3% | 1,065 t | $34.89 | $291.8M | 9,058 t |
| June 2025 | $40.7M | +45.9% | 697 t | $58.46 | $266.5M | 8,397 t |
| May 2025 | $32.1M | +1.2% | 743 t | $43.18 | $267.2M | 8,466 t |
| April 2025 | $35.8M | +40.9% | 762 t | $46.99 | $276.9M | 9,120 t |
| March 2025 | $33.8M | +39.3% | 809 t | $41.77 | $280.1M | 7,873 t |
| February 2025 | $31.0M | +60.9% | 628 t | $49.36 | $253.6M | 5,264 t |
| January 2025 | $27.1M | +1.8% | 711 t | $38.09 | $254.1M | 9,370 t |
| December 2024 | $30.4M | +10.3% | 844 t | $36.06 | $299.1M | 9,548 t |
| November 2024 | $30.6M | -3.0% | 766 t | $39.95 | $253.0M | 8,233 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.