Harvesting or threshing machinery, including straw or fodder balers, etc.: South Korea exports and imports
HS 8433 · 수확기나 탈곡기(짚이나 건초 결속기를 포함한다), 풀 베는 기계, 새의 알ㆍ과실이나 그 밖의 농산물의 세정기ㆍ분류기ㆍ선별기(제8437호의 기계는 제외한다) · latest month: October 2026
In October 2026, South Korea exported $1.6 million of harvesting or threshing machinery, including straw or fodder balers, etc. (HS 8433), up 24.1% from September 2026 and up 23.2% from October 2025.
Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of harvesting or threshing machinery, including straw or fodder balers, etc. (HS 8433) totalled $23.7 million, up 24.7% from the 12 months before ($19.0 million).
The largest destination over the 12 months to October 2026 was the United States ($6.7 million, 28.2% of the total), followed by Egypt and Australia.
That was 0.0% of South Korea's exports under HS chapter 84 (machinery, boilers and computers) over the same 12 months.
Imports in October 2026 were $10.2 million (up 71.6% from October 2025), leaving a deficit of $8.6 million for the month.
Official description of HS 8433: Harvesting or threshing machinery, including straw or fodder balers; grass or hay mowers; machines for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other agricultural produce, other than machinery of heading 84.37.
Last 24 months
Subheadings under HS 8433
| Code | Product | Exports, 12 months | Share | vs 12 months before | October 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8433.11 | Powered, with the cutting device rotating in a horizontal plane | $5.3M | 22.4% | +108.0% | $181K |
| 8433.19 | Other | $154K | 0.6% | -79.1% | $45 |
| 8433.20 | Other mowers, including cutter bars for tractor mounting | $6.6M | 27.9% | +2.2% | $252K |
| 8433.30 | Other haymaking machinery | $23K | 0.1% | +27.0% | $0 |
| 8433.40 | Straw or fodder balers, including pick-up balers | $467K | 2.0% | +36.2% | $66K |
| 8433.51 | Combine harvester-threshers | $3.7M | 15.6% | +114.9% | $325K |
| 8433.52 | Other threshing machinery | $391K | 1.6% | +50.0% | $61K |
| 8433.53 | Root or tuber harvesting machines | $12K | 0.1% | -15.6% | $0 |
| 8433.59 | Other | $41K | 0.2% | -43.9% | $1,375 |
| 8433.60 | Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other agricultural produce | $4.2M | 17.7% | +50.9% | $508K |
| 8433.60.1000 | Eggs grading machines | $3.2M | 75.6% | +76.6% | $504K |
| 8433.60.9010 | Grading machines for agricultural produce | $336K | 8.0% | -63.0% | $3,325 |
| 8433.60.9090 | Other | $689K | 16.4% | +781.5% | $0 |
| 8433.90 | Parts | $2.8M | 11.9% | -30.5% | $209K |
| 8433.90.1000 | Of combine harvester-threshers | $241K | 8.5% | +28.8% | $0 |
| 8433.90.2000 | Of hay or grass mowers | $941K | 33.3% | -9.3% | $80K |
| 8433.90.9000 | Other | $1.6M | 58.1% | -42.2% | $129K |
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. 83 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 | $6.7M | 28.2% | +24.5% | 1 | $247K |
| 2 | Egypt | $3.3M | 13.8% | +54.5% | 3 | $333K |
| 3 | Australia | $3.2M | 13.4% | +35.9% | 2 | $228K |
| 4 | Japan | $1.7M | 7.1% | -9.6% | 4 | $64K |
| 5 | Canada | $1.3M | 5.6% | +236.4% | 10 | $15K |
| 6 | Thailand | $1.2M | 5.0% | +17.5% | 6 | $117K |
| 7 | Netherlands | $684K | 2.9% | -50.4% | 5 | $16K |
| 8 | Russia | $634K | 2.7% | +732.2% | 23 | $0 |
| 9 | China | $585K | 2.5% | +69.5% | 11 | $67K |
| 10 | Vietnam | $489K | 2.1% | +113.0% | 16 | $0 |
| 11 | Philippines | $483K | 2.0% | +22.1% | 9 | $0 |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | $438K | 1.8% | +66.1% | 15 | $50K |
| 13 | Pakistan | $318K | 1.3% | +66.3% | 18 | $28K |
| 14 | Taiwan | $309K | 1.3% | +63.8% | 19 | $205K |
| 15 | Senegal | $302K | 1.3% | – | 63 | $0 |
| 16 | Republic of the Congo | $274K | 1.2% | – | – | $0 |
| 17 | Mexico | $222K | 0.9% | +4.5% | 17 | $0 |
| 18 | Northern Mariana Islands | $207K | 0.9% | -38.5% | 12 | $1,522 |
| 19 | Germany | $199K | 0.8% | -50.9% | 8 | $0 |
| 20 | Mauritania | $174K | 0.7% | – | – | $174K |
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 | $1.6M | +23.2% | 420 t | $3.81 | $10.2M | 819 t |
| September 2026 | $1.3M | -2.9% | 421 t | $3.07 | $17.2M | 1,483 t |
| August 2026 | $1.3M | -10.9% | 391 t | $3.42 | $13.9M | 1,067 t |
| July 2026 | $1.8M | +9.1% | 508 t | $3.62 | $21.1M | 1,742 t |
| June 2026 | $1.9M | +37.9% | 515 t | $3.64 | $20.5M | 1,662 t |
| May 2026 | $1.5M | -23.5% | 370 t | $4.01 | $22.2M | 1,677 t |
| April 2026 | $2.6M | +102.3% | 483 t | $5.29 | $13.5M | 1,131 t |
| March 2026 | $2.6M | +94.2% | 347 t | $7.64 | $15.6M | 999 t |
| February 2026 | $3.0M | +42.5% | 420 t | $7.24 | $7.6M | 621 t |
| January 2026 | $2.3M | +17.0% | 430 t | $5.23 | $3.2M | 268 t |
| December 2025 | $2.2M | +74.7% | 629 t | $3.50 | $3.7M | 260 t |
| November 2025 | $1.6M | -19.0% | 533 t | $2.97 | $5.5M | 346 t |
| October 2025 | $1.3M | -40.1% | 294 t | $4.43 | $5.9M | 645 t |
| September 2025 | $1.3M | +36.6% | 292 t | $4.56 | $19.0M | 1,787 t |
| August 2025 | $1.5M | +9.3% | 220 t | $6.83 | $20.9M | 1,597 t |
| July 2025 | $1.7M | +79.4% | 412 t | $4.09 | $24.6M | 1,908 t |
| June 2025 | $1.4M | +27.5% | 362 t | $3.76 | $22.6M | 1,660 t |
| May 2025 | $1.9M | +37.8% | 399 t | $4.87 | $25.0M | 1,967 t |
| April 2025 | $1.3M | -48.8% | 278 t | $4.55 | $14.0M | 1,090 t |
| March 2025 | $1.4M | -66.5% | 263 t | $5.18 | $13.7M | 1,012 t |
| February 2025 | $2.1M | -32.9% | 430 t | $4.97 | $8.1M | 588 t |
| January 2025 | $1.9M | -57.5% | 369 t | $5.22 | $3.0M | 256 t |
| December 2024 | $1.3M | -76.7% | 356 t | $3.54 | $6.8M | 458 t |
| November 2024 | $2.0M | -31.1% | 485 t | $4.03 | $5.0M | 362 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.