Machines for assembling electric or electronic lamps, etc.: South Korea exports and imports
HS 8475 · 전기램프나 전자램프ㆍ튜브ㆍ밸브ㆍ섬광전구(외피를 유리로 만든 것으로 한정한다)의 조립기계와 유리나 유리제품의 제조용이나 열간(熱間)가공용 기계 · latest month: October 2026
In October 2026, South Korea exported $810,069 of machines for assembling electric or electronic lamps, etc. (HS 8475), down 70.0% from September 2026 and down 85.1% from October 2025.
Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of machines for assembling electric or electronic lamps, etc. (HS 8475) totalled $30.6 million, down 18.3% from the 12 months before ($37.5 million).
The largest destination over the 12 months to October 2026 was China ($14.7 million, 47.9% of the total), followed by India and the United States.
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 $19.2 million (down 59.5% from October 2025), leaving a deficit of $18.4 million for the month.
Official description of HS 8475: Machines for assembling electric or electronic lamps, tubes or valves or flashbulbs, in glass envelopes; machines for manufacturing or hot working glass or glassware.
Last 24 months
Subheadings under HS 8475
| Code | Product | Exports, 12 months | Share | vs 12 months before | October 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8475.10 | Machines for assembling electric or electronic lamps, tubes or valves or flashbulbs, in glass envelopes | $1.3M | 4.1% | +27.1% | $2,404 |
| 8475.21 | Machines for making optical fibres and preforms thereof | $6.8M | 22.1% | +589.3% | $0 |
| 8475.29 | Other | $8.6M | 28.0% | -38.2% | $126K |
| 8475.29.1000 | For the manufacture of plate glass | $4.6M | 54.0% | +24.2% | $0 |
| 8475.29.2000 | For the manufacture of glass-bottle | $0 | 0.0% | -100.0% | $0 |
| 8475.29.9000 | Other | $3.9M | 46.0% | -60.7% | $126K |
| 8475.90 | Parts | $14.0M | 45.8% | -35.1% | $682K |
| 8475.90.1000 | Of machines for the manufacture of plate glass | $4.4M | 31.6% | -75.1% | $54K |
| 8475.90.2000 | Of machines for making optical fibres and preforms thereof | $0 | 0.0% | -100.0% | $0 |
| 8475.90.9000 | Other | $9.6M | 68.4% | +159.3% | $628K |
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. 31 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 | $14.7M | 47.9% | +58.3% | 2 | $55K |
| 2 | India | $6.5M | 21.1% | +1,990% | 7 | $216K |
| 3 | United States | $6.0M | 19.4% | -73.2% | 1 | $66K |
| 4 | Taiwan | $2.2M | 7.1% | -35.3% | 3 | $307K |
| 5 | Vietnam | $554K | 1.8% | +110.5% | 8 | $2,337 |
| 6 | Malaysia | $388K | 1.3% | -20.1% | 5 | $39K |
| 7 | Japan | $229K | 0.7% | -36.6% | 6 | $126K |
| 8 | France | $141K | 0.5% | – | – | $0 |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | $36K | 0.1% | – | 13 | $0 |
| 10 | Italy | $12K | 0.0% | – | – | $0 |
| 11 | Mongolia | $11K | 0.0% | – | – | $0 |
| 12 | United Kingdom | $6,509 | 0.0% | – | – | $0 |
| 13 | Sweden | $5,788 | 0.0% | – | – | $0 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | $1,290 | 0.0% | -99.9% | 4 | $0 |
| 15 | Thailand | $673 | 0.0% | -97.6% | 11 | $0 |
| 16 | Indonesia | $588 | 0.0% | -99.6% | 9 | $383 |
| 17 | Hungary | $405 | 0.0% | – | – | $0 |
| 18 | Mexico | $156 | 0.0% | – | 19 | $0 |
| 19 | Singapore | $129 | 0.0% | -99.5% | 10 | $0 |
| 20 | Philippines | $3 | 0.0% | – | 16 | $0 |
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 | $810K | -85.1% | 9.3 t | $86.97 | $19.2M | 130 t |
| September 2026 | $2.7M | +73.6% | 75.6 t | $35.77 | $20.4M | 152 t |
| August 2026 | $3.9M | +20.8% | 20.8 t | $185.56 | $63.7M | 195 t |
| July 2026 | $7.7M | +1,571% | 119 t | $64.66 | $64.0M | 146 t |
| June 2026 | $1.6M | -34.2% | 46.3 t | $34.39 | $40.1M | 79.6 t |
| May 2026 | $757K | -22.9% | 10.9 t | $69.43 | $13.2M | 39.1 t |
| April 2026 | $1.1M | -92.6% | 33.9 t | $32.00 | $69.6M | 19.4 t |
| March 2026 | $1.4M | -52.3% | 59.4 t | $23.68 | $52.2M | 132 t |
| February 2026 | $1.4M | -13.7% | 42.7 t | $32.35 | $32.7M | 23.8 t |
| January 2026 | $6.3M | +928.5% | 54.5 t | $115.69 | $46.2M | 12.1 t |
| December 2025 | $1.6M | -12.4% | 25.2 t | $61.64 | $14.3M | 94.1 t |
| November 2025 | $1.5M | -17.2% | 19.5 t | $76.87 | $29.7M | 116 t |
| October 2025 | $5.4M | +229.1% | 73.8 t | $73.53 | $47.3M | 53.7 t |
| September 2025 | $1.6M | -4.9% | 24.2 t | $64.28 | $20.9M | 28.2 t |
| August 2025 | $3.2M | +724.3% | 82.7 t | $38.68 | $61.1M | 49.7 t |
| July 2025 | $459K | -28.7% | 10.1 t | $45.30 | $20.8M | 84.8 t |
| June 2025 | $2.4M | +253.8% | 62.1 t | $38.96 | $11.5M | 19.3 t |
| May 2025 | $982K | -76.0% | 19.5 t | $50.30 | $9.8M | 94.5 t |
| April 2025 | $14.7M | +1,027% | 47.3 t | $310.60 | $8.4M | 125 t |
| March 2025 | $3.0M | +377.2% | 84.8 t | $34.80 | $7.1M | 204 t |
| February 2025 | $1.6M | +342.4% | 70.9 t | $22.60 | $2.8M | 9.8 t |
| January 2025 | $614K | -84.2% | 9.3 t | $66.02 | $2.9M | 170 t |
| December 2024 | $1.8M | -93.2% | 100.0 t | $17.70 | $5.0M | 29.4 t |
| November 2024 | $1.8M | -95.9% | 13.9 t | $130.54 | $7.9M | 109 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.