Auxiliary machinery and parts for textile machines: South Korea exports and imports
HS 8448 · 제8444호ㆍ제8445호ㆍ제8446호ㆍ제8447호의 기계의 보조기계[예: 도비(dobby)기ㆍ자카드기ㆍ자동정지기ㆍ셔틀교환기], 이 호나 제8444호ㆍ제8445호ㆍ제8446호ㆍ제8447호의 기계에 전용되거나 주로 사용되는 부분품과 부속품[예: 스핀들ㆍ스핀들 플라이어ㆍ침포ㆍ코움(comb)ㆍ방사니플ㆍ셔틀ㆍ종광(heald)ㆍ종광 프레임ㆍ메리야스용 바늘] · latest month: October 2026
In October 2026, South Korea exported $7.0 million of auxiliary machinery and parts for textile machines (HS 8448), up 35.7% from September 2026 and up 16.8% from October 2025.
Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of auxiliary machinery and parts for textile machines (HS 8448) totalled $78.8 million, down 18.6% from the 12 months before ($96.8 million).
The largest destination over the 12 months to October 2026 was China ($17.0 million, 21.6% of the total), followed by Vietnam and Türkiye.
That was 0.1% of South Korea's exports under HS chapter 84 (machinery, boilers and computers) over the same 12 months.
Imports in October 2026 were $2.8 million (down 25.2% from October 2025), leaving a surplus of $4.3 million for the month.
Official description of HS 8448: Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading 84.44, 84.45, 84.46 or 84.47 (for example, dobbies, Jacquards, automatic stop motions, shuttle changing mechanisms); parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of this heading or of heading 84.44, 84.45, 84.46 or 84.47 (for example, spindles and spindle flyers, card clothing, combs, extruding nipples, shuttles, healds and heald-frames, hosiery needles).
Last 24 months
Subheadings under HS 8448
| Code | Product | Exports, 12 months | Share | vs 12 months before | October 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8448.11 | Dobbies and jacquards; card reducing, copying, punching or assembling machines for use therewith | $773K | 1.0% | +50.4% | $131K |
| 8448.11.1000 | Dobbies | $195K | 25.2% | – | $0 |
| 8448.11.2000 | Jacquards | $302K | 39.1% | +12.8% | $0 |
| 8448.11.9000 | Other | $276K | 35.7% | +12.3% | $131K |
| 8448.19 | Other | $1.3M | 1.6% | +63.0% | $71K |
| 8448.19.1000 | Warp beam stands or creels | $174K | 13.8% | +88.5% | $5,550 |
| 8448.19.9000 | Other | $1.1M | 86.2% | +59.6% | $65K |
| 8448.20 | Parts and accessories of machines of heading 84.44 or of their auxiliary machinery | $11.3M | 14.3% | -59.9% | $422K |
| 8448.20.1000 | Extruding nipples | $628K | 5.6% | -53.4% | $8,460 |
| 8448.20.9000 | Other | $10.6M | 94.4% | -60.2% | $414K |
| 8448.31 | Card clothing | $186K | 0.2% | -18.8% | $39K |
| 8448.32 | Of machines for preparing textile fibres, other than card clothing | $788K | 1.0% | -54.3% | $24K |
| 8448.33 | Spindles, spindle flyers, spinning rings and ring travellers | $1.2M | 1.5% | +86.0% | $59K |
| 8448.39 | Other | $13.0M | 16.5% | +24.3% | $1.8M |
| 8448.39.1000 | Warp beams | $240K | 1.8% | -62.8% | $72K |
| 8448.39.9000 | Other | $12.8M | 98.2% | +30.0% | $1.7M |
| 8448.42 | Reeds for looms, healds and heald-frames | $3.0M | 3.8% | -15.1% | $138K |
| 8448.49 | Other | $6.3M | 8.0% | -9.4% | $699K |
| 8448.51 | Sinkers, needles and other articles used in forming stitches | $29.7M | 37.7% | -5.6% | $2.4M |
| 8448.51.1000 | Hosiery needles | $25.2M | 84.7% | -6.7% | $1.9M |
| 8448.51.9000 | Other | $4.6M | 15.3% | +1.0% | $554K |
| 8448.59 | Other | $11.3M | 14.4% | -8.7% | $1.2M |
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. 97 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 | $17.0M | 21.6% | -8.3% | 2 | $1.8M |
| 2 | Vietnam | $14.6M | 18.5% | -47.9% | 1 | $1.2M |
| 3 | Türkiye | $4.8M | 6.1% | +3.2% | 3 | $462K |
| 4 | Indonesia | $4.5M | 5.7% | -1.7% | 4 | $220K |
| 5 | Brazil | $4.2M | 5.3% | -7.9% | 5 | $184K |
| 6 | India | $4.0M | 5.1% | -10.8% | 6 | $601K |
| 7 | Guatemala | $3.4M | 4.3% | -23.5% | 7 | $291K |
| 8 | Mexico | $2.9M | 3.7% | -5.9% | 10 | $281K |
| 9 | Egypt | $2.9M | 3.7% | -10.3% | 9 | $113K |
| 10 | United States | $2.3M | 2.9% | -31.0% | 8 | $319K |
| 11 | Thailand | $1.8M | 2.3% | +15.2% | 14 | $257K |
| 12 | Pakistan | $1.5M | 1.9% | -6.6% | 13 | $200K |
| 13 | Romania | $1.4M | 1.8% | +93.3% | 16 | $193K |
| 14 | Austria | $1.3M | 1.7% | -2.2% | 15 | $132K |
| 15 | Japan | $1.2M | 1.5% | -37.0% | 11 | $46K |
| 16 | Bangladesh | $1.1M | 1.4% | -34.2% | 12 | $78K |
| 17 | Peru | $837K | 1.1% | +17.3% | 17 | $58K |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | $701K | 0.9% | +374.2% | 36 | $0 |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | $605K | 0.8% | +22.8% | 23 | $23K |
| 20 | Germany | $585K | 0.7% | -5.0% | 19 | $129K |
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 | $7.0M | +16.8% | 1,241 t | $5.65 | $2.8M | 54.8 t |
| September 2026 | $5.2M | -34.5% | 402 t | $12.88 | $2.9M | 68.5 t |
| August 2026 | $6.0M | -2.0% | 270 t | $22.25 | $2.8M | 59.4 t |
| July 2026 | $6.4M | -8.7% | 352 t | $18.10 | $2.4M | 46.3 t |
| June 2026 | $6.6M | -9.5% | 934 t | $7.11 | $2.9M | 121 t |
| May 2026 | $5.0M | -31.1% | 312 t | $15.88 | $2.6M | 78.8 t |
| April 2026 | $7.6M | -9.2% | 460 t | $16.49 | $2.7M | 44.8 t |
| March 2026 | $5.3M | -28.8% | 88.8 t | $59.65 | $3.4M | 62.4 t |
| February 2026 | $6.5M | -42.6% | 217 t | $30.07 | $2.4M | 28.5 t |
| January 2026 | $9.5M | +39.0% | 146 t | $64.81 | $3.2M | 61.6 t |
| December 2025 | $7.4M | -35.1% | 333 t | $22.23 | $4.9M | 94.7 t |
| November 2025 | $6.3M | -35.8% | 194 t | $32.67 | $4.9M | 144 t |
| October 2025 | $6.0M | -23.5% | 117 t | $51.46 | $3.7M | 83.6 t |
| September 2025 | $7.9M | +24.8% | 245 t | $32.16 | $4.0M | 370 t |
| August 2025 | $6.1M | -1.6% | 203 t | $30.25 | $2.6M | 103 t |
| July 2025 | $7.0M | -10.3% | 330 t | $21.11 | $4.1M | 76.4 t |
| June 2025 | $7.3M | +33.5% | 211 t | $34.76 | $3.2M | 74.0 t |
| May 2025 | $7.2M | -6.3% | 324 t | $22.20 | $4.1M | 107 t |
| April 2025 | $8.4M | +13.6% | 370 t | $22.61 | $3.6M | 126 t |
| March 2025 | $7.4M | +13.1% | 331 t | $22.46 | $3.9M | 83.0 t |
| February 2025 | $11.4M | +80.5% | 576 t | $19.73 | $2.5M | 43.1 t |
| January 2025 | $6.8M | +4.1% | 259 t | $26.33 | $3.1M | 91.4 t |
| December 2024 | $11.4M | +63.6% | 714 t | $15.96 | $4.0M | 72.4 t |
| November 2024 | $9.9M | +16.2% | 447 t | $22.07 | $3.1M | 75.0 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.