Korea Trade Data

Machinery, boilers and computers: South Korea exports and imports

HS chapter 84 · 원자로ㆍ보일러ㆍ기계류와 이들의 부분품 · latest month: October 2026

Exports, October 2026
$21.50B
-3.3% vs previous month
vs same month a year earlier
+240.8%
export value
Exports, last 12 months
$157.34B
+89.7% vs 12 months before
Imports, October 2026
$8.81B
Export value per kg
$58.75
net weight, October 2026

In October 2026, South Korea exported $21.50 billion of machinery, boilers and computers (HS 84), down 3.3% from September 2026 and up 240.8% from October 2025.

Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of machinery, boilers and computers (HS 84) totalled $157.34 billion, up 89.7% from the 12 months before ($82.94 billion).

The largest destination over the 12 months to October 2026 was the United States ($70.13 billion, 44.6% of the total), followed by China and Hong Kong.

That was 14.8% of South Korea's total goods exports over the same 12 months.

Imports in October 2026 were $8.81 billion (up 46.2% from October 2025), leaving a surplus of $12.69 billion for the month.

Official description of HS 84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof.

Last 24 months

Monthly exportsExport value in US dollars (FOB).
$0B$10B$20B$30BOct ’26May ’26Dec ’25Jul ’25Feb ’25November 2024: $6.65 billionDecember 2024: $7.77 billionJanuary 2025: $5.70 billionFebruary 2025: $6.02 billionMarch 2025: $7.42 billionApril 2025: $7.04 billionMay 2025: $6.84 billionJune 2025: $7.43 billionJuly 2025: $7.49 billionAugust 2025: $6.46 billionSeptember 2025: $7.81 billionOctober 2025: $6.31 billionNovember 2025: $7.69 billionDecember 2025: $8.93 billionJanuary 2026: $8.28 billionFebruary 2026: $9.46 billionMarch 2026: $12.70 billionApril 2026: $11.62 billionMay 2026: $12.07 billionJune 2026: $16.34 billionJuly 2026: $13.64 billionAugust 2026: $12.88 billionSeptember 2026: $22.23 billionOctober 2026: $21.50 billion
Monthly importsImport value in US dollars (CIF).
$0B$5B$10B$15BOct ’26May ’26Dec ’25Jul ’25Feb ’25$8.81BNovember 2024: $5.75 billionDecember 2024: $6.58 billionJanuary 2025: $5.59 billionFebruary 2025: $5.66 billionMarch 2025: $6.94 billionApril 2025: $6.16 billionMay 2025: $5.74 billionJune 2025: $6.37 billionJuly 2025: $6.16 billionAugust 2025: $5.59 billionSeptember 2025: $7.18 billionOctober 2025: $6.03 billionNovember 2025: $6.16 billionDecember 2025: $7.14 billionJanuary 2026: $7.09 billionFebruary 2026: $6.98 billionMarch 2026: $8.25 billionApril 2026: $7.87 billionMay 2026: $7.30 billionJune 2026: $8.17 billionJuly 2026: $8.75 billionAugust 2026: $7.93 billionSeptember 2026: $9.34 billionOctober 2026: $8.81 billion

Headings under chapter 84

CodeProductExports, 12 monthsSharevs 12 months beforeOctober 2026
8473Parts and accessories for computers and office machines$94.85B 60.3%+317.6%$15.88B
8486Machines for making semiconductors and flat panel displays$11.30B 7.2%+23.0%$1.17B
8479Machines and mechanical appliances with individual functions$5.17B 3.3%-8.1%$491.3M
8409Parts for internal combustion engines$3.31B 2.1%+8.3%$295.6M
8421Centrifuges and filtering or purifying machinery$3.03B 1.9%+15.4%$269.6M
8429Bulldozers, excavators and other earth-moving machinery$2.98B 1.9%+16.4%$196.6M
8414Air or vacuum pumps, compressors and fans$2.82B 1.8%-3.1%$263.9M
8481Taps, cocks and valves$2.48B 1.6%+8.7%$231.3M
8419Machinery for treating materials by a change of temperature$2.20B 1.4%-7.4%$140.0M
8431Parts for cranes, excavators and other heavy machinery$1.97B 1.3%+2.6%$168.6M
8408Diesel engines$1.86B 1.2%+9.0%$180.0M
8411Gas turbines and turbo-jets$1.77B 1.1%+12.9%$194.1M
8418Refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps$1.73B 1.1%-21.1%$155.3M
8413Pumps for liquids$1.63B 1.0%+3.6%$138.8M
8407Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines$1.46B 0.9%-16.0%$165.0M
8483Transmission shafts, gears, gear boxes and clutches$1.41B 0.9%+3.6%$127.2M
8480Moulds and moulding boxes$1.24B 0.8%+5.2%$88.9M
8415Air conditioners$1.09B 0.7%-10.8%$87.0M
8471Computers and data processing machines$1.07B 0.7%+36.6%$75.8M
8428Lifts, escalators, conveyors and other handling machinery$921.8M 0.6%-38.2%$84.8M
8482Ball or roller bearings$905.8M 0.6%+5.7%$79.8M
8458Lathes(including turning centres) for removing metal$821.3M 0.5%+0.1%$67.2M
8427Fork-lift trucks$782.1M 0.5%-1.5%$67.4M
8422Dishwashers and packaging, filling or labelling machinery$726.2M 0.5%-1.0%$60.0M
8412Other engines and motors$663.6M 0.4%+9.1%$62.4M
8466Parts and accessories for machine tools$653.5M 0.4%+14.8%$58.4M
8451Dryers, ironing and other textile finishing machinery$644.2M 0.4%-27.5%$60.0M
8450Washing machines, household or laundry-type$642.2M 0.4%-14.4%$62.9M
8443Printers, copiers and printing machinery$635.0M 0.4%+13.6%$73.5M
8477Machinery for working rubber or plastics$552.8M 0.4%-0.5%$34.5M
8457Machining centres for working metal$508.3M 0.3%+2.9%$46.9M
8462Presses and metal forging, bending or shearing machines$475.5M 0.3%-5.4%$30.7M
8401Nuclear reactors and fuel elements$475.5M 0.3%+30.9%$27K
8424Sprayers, spray guns and fire extinguishers$418.8M 0.3%-12.3%$41.2M
8402Steam boilers$383.7M 0.2%+34.3%$23.8M
8456Machine tools using laser, ultrasonic, plasma or similar processes$298.2M 0.2%+18.2%$27.7M
8487Other machinery parts without electrical features$289.6M 0.2%+18.4%$23.1M
8455Metal-rolling mills and rolls therefor$268.6M 0.2%-13.1%$20.0M
8426Ships' derricks, etc.$248.5M 0.2%+30.6%$19.6M
8472Other office machines, etc.$225.0M 0.1%+3.9%$21.4M
8403Central heating boilers$205.3M 0.1%-7.0%$24.5M
8484Gaskets and mechanical seals$165.2M 0.1%+20.0%$15.3M
8430Other earth-moving, boring and pile-driving machinery$152.4M 0.1%-32.5%$13.8M
8438Food and drink manufacturing machinery$129.9M 0.1%+24.8%$5.9M
8406Steam turbines and other vapour turbines$126.3M 0.1%+179.0%$24.8M
8464Machine-tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete, etc.$118.7M 0.1%+107.4%$12.1M
8425Pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists, etc.$105.7M 0.1%+3.0%$9.1M
8432Agricultural, etc.$95.7M 0.1%+77.5%$7.3M
8467Tools for working in the hand, pneumatic, etc.$85.9M 0.1%+8.3%$7.9M
8474Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, etc.$84.8M 0.1%+2.5%$6.9M
8470Calculating machines and pocket-size data recording, etc.$81.8M 0.1%+21.2%$3.8M
8448Auxiliary machinery and parts for textile machines$78.8M 0.1%-18.6%$7.0M
8441Other machinery for making up paper pulp, paper or paperboard, etc.$72.2M 0.0%-9.4%$3.9M
8405Producer gas or water gas generators, with or without their purifiers, etc.$71.2M 0.0%+31.1%$5.9M
8459Machine-tools for drilling, boring, milling, etc.$69.7M 0.0%-11.9%$6.0M
8404Auxiliary plant for boilers; steam condensers$59.9M 0.0%+39.3%$1.2M
8420Calendering or other rolling machines, other than for metals or glass, etc.$58.0M 0.0%-54.4%$1.6M
8442Machinery, apparatus and equipment for preparing or making plates, etc.$57.8M 0.0%+17.1%$3.3M
8417Industrial or laboratory furnaces and ovens, including incinerators, etc.$57.1M 0.0%-26.1%$4.3M
8423Weighing machinery, including weight operated counting or checking machines, etc.$54.4M 0.0%-6.6%$4.8M
8460Machine-tools for deburring, sharpening, grinding, honing, lapping, etc.$47.0M 0.0%-2.2%$3.5M
8461Machine-tools for planing, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting, etc.$40.1M 0.0%-3.6%$4.0M
8453Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, etc.$37.1M 0.0%-17.3%$2.7M
8454Converters, ladles, ingot moulds and casting machines, etc.$35.1M 0.0%+18.9%$1.8M
8475Machines for assembling electric or electronic lamps, etc.$30.6M 0.0%-18.3%$810K
8465Machine-tools for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, etc.$26.9M 0.0%-13.6%$2.2M
8416Furnace burners for liquid fuel, for pulverised solid fuel or for gas, etc.$25.5M 0.0%-5.8%$764K
8463Other machine-tools for working metal or cermets, without removing material$25.2M 0.0%-3.3%$4.4M
8452Sewing machines$24.6M 0.0%-22.7%$2.0M
8433Harvesting or threshing machinery, including straw or fodder balers, etc.$23.7M 0.0%+24.7%$1.6M
8439Machinery for making pulp of fibrous cellulosic material or for making, etc.$22.9M 0.0%-3.0%$1.8M
8468Machinery and apparatus for soldering, brazing or welding, etc.$22.4M 0.0%-20.1%$2.2M
8436Other agricultural, horticultural, forestry, etc.$21.6M 0.0%+14.2%$1.7M
8445Machines for preparing textile fibres, etc.$19.9M 0.0%-44.4%$3.5M
8447Knitting machines, stitch-bonding machines and machines for making gimped yarn, etc.$18.3M 0.0%+5.0%$1.4M
8485Machines for additive manufacturing$10.6M 0.0%+16.7%$588K
8446Weaving machines (looms)$8.8M 0.0%+34.6%$467K
8478Machinery for preparing or making up tobacco, etc.$8.0M 0.0%-62.6%$32K
8437Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading seed, etc.$7.6M 0.0%-17.1%$746K
8444Machines for extruding, drawing, texturing or cutting man-made textile materials$6.5M 0.0%-29.2%$1.4M
8449Machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or nonwovens in the piece, etc.$5.4M 0.0%-29.3%$321K
8476Automatic goods-vending machines, including money-changing machines, etc.$5.3M 0.0%+105.2%$437K
8410Hydraulic turbines, water wheels, and regulators therefor$3.2M 0.0%-23.1%$893K
8440Book-binding machinery, including book-sewing machines$2.4M 0.0%+13.0%$154K
8434Milking machines and dairy machinery$975K 0.0%-63.7%$71K
8435Presses, crushers and similar machinery used in the manufacture of wine, cider, etc.$339K 0.0%-87.4%$93K

Top destinations

Export value over the 12 months to October 2026. 232 countries received this product from South Korea in the last 24 months; the table shows the largest 20.

RankCountryExports, 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before Rank beforeOctober 2026
1United States $70.13B44.6%+164.1%1 $11.12B
2China $16.40B10.4%+25.0%2 $1.63B
3Hong Kong $13.82B8.8%+216.5%3 $1.81B
4Taiwan $8.86B5.6%+161.7%5 $1.51B
5Netherlands $5.19B3.3%+174.8%10 $404.3M
6Singapore $5.02B3.2%+131.3%8 $879.3M
7Vietnam $4.96B3.2%+28.4%4 $461.2M
8Japan $3.27B2.1%+4.8%6 $322.4M
9India $2.90B1.8%+27.2%7 $276.5M
10Mexico $2.83B1.8%+33.6%9 $222.6M
11Malaysia $2.37B1.5%+111.7%14 $610.0M
12Germany $1.91B1.2%+35.3%11 $195.9M
13Poland $1.87B1.2%+121.9%17 $542.7M
14Türkiye $1.24B0.8%+0.1%13 $67.7M
15United Arab Emirates $1.10B0.7%-11.4%12 $49.6M
16Saudi Arabia $1.06B0.7%+25.5%18 $76.4M
17Belgium $1.05B0.7%+18.6%16 $92.6M
18Ireland $1.01B0.6%+116.7%27 $220.3M
19Thailand $997.6M0.6%+53.7%23 $80.6M
20Canada $933.5M0.6%-1.8%15 $92.9M

Countries are linked when exports of this product to them reached $1,000,000 over 24 months.

Monthly figures

MonthExportsvs year earlierExport weightExport $/kg ImportsImport weight
October 2026$21.50B+240.8%365,897 t $58.75$8.81B234,861 t
September 2026$22.23B+184.8%370,293 t $60.03$9.34B234,993 t
August 2026$12.88B+99.2%311,478 t $41.34$7.93B211,429 t
July 2026$13.64B+82.2%436,651 t $31.23$8.75B244,213 t
June 2026$16.34B+120.0%379,470 t $43.06$8.17B256,643 t
May 2026$12.07B+76.5%350,412 t $34.45$7.30B229,029 t
April 2026$11.62B+65.1%400,836 t $29.00$7.87B246,830 t
March 2026$12.70B+71.1%373,325 t $34.02$8.25B215,814 t
February 2026$9.46B+57.3%318,801 t $29.68$6.98B187,572 t
January 2026$8.28B+45.1%363,961 t $22.74$7.09B213,182 t
December 2025$8.93B+14.9%396,259 t $22.53$7.14B220,879 t
November 2025$7.69B+15.6%366,789 t $20.97$6.16B199,772 t
October 2025$6.31B+1.4%310,579 t $20.31$6.03B188,674 t
September 2025$7.81B+17.8%409,752 t $19.05$7.18B224,738 t
August 2025$6.46B+2.7%326,173 t $19.81$5.59B219,839 t
July 2025$7.49B+2.4%396,924 t $18.86$6.16B240,703 t
June 2025$7.43B+3.6%360,556 t $20.61$6.37B228,570 t
May 2025$6.84B+2.9%369,027 t $18.53$5.74B222,620 t
April 2025$7.04B+6.5%423,129 t $16.64$6.16B243,688 t
March 2025$7.42B+5.7%383,115 t $19.37$6.94B205,969 t
February 2025$6.02B-2.0%363,117 t $16.57$5.66B188,006 t
January 2025$5.70B-4.7%322,110 t $17.70$5.59B192,813 t
December 2024$7.77B+4.5%366,389 t $21.22$6.58B203,976 t
November 2024$6.65B-4.6%336,313 t $19.79$5.75B192,754 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.