Machinery for treating materials by a change of temperature: South Korea exports and imports
HS 8419 · 가열ㆍ조리ㆍ배소(焙燒)ㆍ증류ㆍ정류ㆍ살균ㆍ저온살균ㆍ증기가열ㆍ건조ㆍ증발ㆍ응축ㆍ냉각과 그 밖의 온도 변화에 따른 방법으로 재료를 처리하는 기계ㆍ설비ㆍ실험실장치[전기가열식(제8514호의 노(爐)와 오븐과 그 밖의 장비는 제외한다), 실험실용을 포함하며 일반적으로 가정용으로 사용하는 것은 제외한다]와 전기가열식이 아닌 즉시식이나 저장식 물 가열기 · latest month: October 2026
In October 2026, South Korea exported $140.0 million of machinery for treating materials by a change of temperature (HS 8419), down 1.3% from September 2026 and down 10.3% from October 2025.
Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of machinery for treating materials by a change of temperature (HS 8419) totalled $2.20 billion, down 7.4% from the 12 months before ($2.38 billion).
The largest destination over the 12 months to October 2026 was the United States ($671.1 million, 30.5% of the total), followed by China and Saudi Arabia.
That was 1.4% of South Korea's exports under HS chapter 84 (machinery, boilers and computers) over the same 12 months.
Imports in October 2026 were $144.2 million (up 45.0% from October 2025), leaving a deficit of $4.2 million for the month.
Official description of HS 8419: Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens and other equipment of heading 85.14), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilising, pasteurising, steaming, drying, evaporating, vaporising, condensing or cooling, other than machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric.
Last 24 months
Subheadings under HS 8419
| Code | Product | Exports, 12 months | Share | vs 12 months before | October 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8419.11 | Instantaneous gas water heaters | $313.1M | 14.2% | -15.3% | $26.0M |
| 8419.12 | Solar water heaters | $0 | 0.0% | – | $0 |
| 8419.19 | Other | $1.3M | 0.1% | -53.7% | $478K |
| 8419.20 | Medical, surgical or laboratory sterilisers | $25.3M | 1.1% | +26.3% | $1.4M |
| 8419.33 | Lyophilisation apparatus, freeze drying units and spray dryers | $500K | 0.0% | -4.6% | $13K |
| 8419.34 | Other, for agricultural products | $9.6M | 0.4% | +67.1% | $116K |
| 8419.35 | Other, for wood, paper pulp, paper or paperboard | $1,706 | 0.0% | -99.4% | $1,706 |
| 8419.39 | Other | $106.8M | 4.8% | -6.0% | $6.3M |
| 8419.40 | Distilling or rectifying plant | $78.9M | 3.6% | +60.3% | $174K |
| 8419.50 | Heat exchange units | $578.0M | 26.2% | -28.3% | $41.4M |
| 8419.50.1000 | For aircrafts | $8.7M | 1.5% | -29.6% | $806K |
| 8419.50.2000 | Of fluoropolymers and with inlet and outlet tube bores with inside diameters measuring 3 cm or less | $2.1M | 0.4% | +59.2% | $169K |
| 8419.50.9000 | Other | $567.3M | 98.1% | -28.4% | $40.4M |
| 8419.60 | Machinery for liquefying air or other gases | $791K | 0.0% | -66.9% | $0 |
| 8419.81 | For making hot drinks or for cooking or heating food | $24.6M | 1.1% | +42.2% | $851K |
| 8419.89 | Other | $792.1M | 35.9% | +8.5% | $41.5M |
| 8419.89.1000 | Polymerization autoclaves for man-made fibre making | $1.4M | 0.2% | +32.9% | $89K |
| 8419.89.9010 | Heating plant and machinery | $35.5M | 4.5% | +30.5% | $4.6M |
| 8419.89.9020 | Cooling plant and machinery | $169.0M | 21.3% | +5.7% | $15.5M |
| 8419.89.9030 | Evaporating plant and machinery | $3.0M | 0.4% | -74.2% | $72K |
| 8419.89.9040 | Condensing plant and machinery | $12.6M | 1.6% | -48.3% | $902 |
| 8419.89.9050 | Solar-collectors and equipment | $100 | 0.0% | – | $100 |
| 8419.89.9060 | Constant high or low temperature chambers | $4.6M | 0.6% | -45.5% | $208K |
| 8419.89.9070 | Constant temperature and humidity chambers | $23.0M | 2.9% | -21.4% | $823K |
| 8419.89.9080 | Air-conditioner | $619K | 0.1% | -17.4% | $30 |
| 8419.89.9090 | Other | $542.3M | 68.5% | +16.1% | $20.2M |
| 8419.90 | Parts | $272.8M | 12.4% | +3.8% | $21.7M |
| 8419.90.1000 | Of polymerization autoclaves for man-made fibre making | $459K | 0.2% | -52.1% | $34K |
| 8419.90.9010 | Of instantaneous or storage water heaters | $2.9M | 1.1% | +102.9% | $73K |
| 8419.90.9020 | Of making hot drinks or for cooking or heating food machinery and equipment | $782K | 0.3% | -49.7% | $43K |
| 8419.90.9030 | Of air conditioners | $2.9M | 1.1% | +11.4% | $318K |
| 8419.90.9040 | Of medical, surgical or laboratory sterilisers | $2.2M | 0.8% | -3.1% | $218K |
| 8419.90.9090 | Other | $263.5M | 96.6% | +3.7% | $21.0M |
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. 172 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 | $671.1M | 30.5% | -16.8% | 1 | $61.6M |
| 2 | China | $456.8M | 20.7% | +21.7% | 2 | $18.5M |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | $237.7M | 10.8% | +40.9% | 5 | $2.1M |
| 4 | Qatar | $114.0M | 5.2% | -41.7% | 3 | $2.0M |
| 5 | Japan | $86.7M | 3.9% | +7.5% | 6 | $10.0M |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | $81.6M | 3.7% | -56.9% | 4 | $7.9M |
| 7 | Canada | $69.6M | 3.2% | +90.6% | 10 | $6.7M |
| 8 | Vietnam | $65.3M | 3.0% | -2.9% | 7 | $3.6M |
| 9 | Taiwan | $41.0M | 1.9% | +6.2% | 9 | $5.1M |
| 10 | Malaysia | $40.5M | 1.8% | +85.7% | 15 | $1.6M |
| 11 | India | $31.2M | 1.4% | +23.4% | 13 | $1.8M |
| 12 | Indonesia | $23.1M | 1.0% | -33.7% | 11 | $2.0M |
| 13 | Türkiye | $21.1M | 1.0% | -16.1% | 14 | $399K |
| 14 | Singapore | $19.6M | 0.9% | -27.9% | 12 | $1.4M |
| 15 | Italy | $19.3M | 0.9% | +456.0% | 36 | $142K |
| 16 | Germany | $19.2M | 0.9% | +122.9% | 26 | $390K |
| 17 | Iraq | $15.6M | 0.7% | +322.2% | 34 | $21K |
| 18 | Slovakia | $13.7M | 0.6% | +274.7% | 35 | $1.6M |
| 19 | Algeria | $13.3M | 0.6% | +26.7% | 23 | $431K |
| 20 | Hungary | $11.6M | 0.5% | -16.2% | 20 | $1.5M |
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 | $140.0M | -10.3% | 10,509 t | $13.32 | $144.2M | 5,367 t |
| September 2026 | $141.8M | -32.7% | 9,855 t | $14.39 | $156.2M | 6,191 t |
| August 2026 | $179.3M | +17.2% | 6,692 t | $26.79 | $132.0M | 4,881 t |
| July 2026 | $238.6M | +34.3% | 23,827 t | $10.02 | $219.8M | 5,083 t |
| June 2026 | $186.1M | +7.2% | 13,221 t | $14.08 | $116.7M | 4,384 t |
| May 2026 | $165.3M | -19.4% | 12,395 t | $13.34 | $111.7M | 4,416 t |
| April 2026 | $158.5M | -41.7% | 12,080 t | $13.12 | $120.1M | 5,805 t |
| March 2026 | $134.3M | -41.0% | 9,272 t | $14.48 | $101.5M | 4,214 t |
| February 2026 | $146.5M | -26.3% | 10,818 t | $13.54 | $94.9M | 3,398 t |
| January 2026 | $266.5M | +47.1% | 16,692 t | $15.96 | $99.9M | 3,842 t |
| December 2025 | $218.9M | -4.2% | 18,802 t | $11.64 | $120.8M | 5,167 t |
| November 2025 | $228.1M | +16.0% | 18,097 t | $12.60 | $110.3M | 3,973 t |
| October 2025 | $156.0M | -28.5% | 12,142 t | $12.85 | $99.4M | 3,602 t |
| September 2025 | $210.7M | -3.1% | 20,770 t | $10.14 | $148.2M | 5,360 t |
| August 2025 | $153.0M | -12.6% | 11,130 t | $13.74 | $116.6M | 4,143 t |
| July 2025 | $177.7M | -20.9% | 14,347 t | $12.38 | $110.9M | 4,849 t |
| June 2025 | $173.6M | -23.8% | 13,713 t | $12.66 | $161.8M | 8,396 t |
| May 2025 | $205.0M | +1.6% | 12,655 t | $16.20 | $117.7M | 3,950 t |
| April 2025 | $272.0M | +4.6% | 22,487 t | $12.10 | $184.7M | 7,943 t |
| March 2025 | $227.7M | -14.3% | 19,198 t | $11.86 | $122.9M | 6,601 t |
| February 2025 | $198.8M | -19.4% | 14,040 t | $14.16 | $126.4M | 7,906 t |
| January 2025 | $181.1M | -0.2% | 14,288 t | $12.68 | $131.6M | 5,384 t |
| December 2024 | $228.5M | +5.8% | 17,329 t | $13.19 | $140.5M | 6,952 t |
| November 2024 | $196.6M | -10.2% | 13,866 t | $14.18 | $117.2M | 5,903 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.