Musical boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs, etc.: South Korea exports and imports
HS 9208 · 뮤지컬박스ㆍ페어그라운드 오르간(fairground organ)ㆍ메커니컬 스트리트 오르간(mechanical street organ)ㆍ기계식 자명조(singing bird)ㆍ뮤지컬소(musical saw)와 그 밖의 악기로서 이 류의 다른 호에 해당하지 않는 것, 각종 데코이 콜(decoy call), 휘슬ㆍ호각과 그 밖의 입으로 불어서 나는 소리로 신호하는 기구 · latest month: October 2026
In October 2026, South Korea exported $58,812 of musical boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs, etc. (HS 9208), up 25.4% from September 2026 and up 122.4% from October 2025.
Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of musical boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs, etc. (HS 9208) totalled $709,842, up 13.3% from the 12 months before ($626,247).
The largest destination over the 12 months to October 2026 was the United States ($240,113, 33.8% of the total), followed by China and Japan.
That was 0.7% of South Korea's exports under HS chapter 92 (musical instruments) over the same 12 months.
Imports in October 2026 were $588,428 (up 5.1% from October 2025), leaving a deficit of $529,616 for the month.
Official description of HS 9208: Musical boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs, mechanical singing birds, musical saws and other musical instruments not falling within any other heading of this Chapter; decoy calls of all kinds; whistles, call horns and other mouth-blown sound signalling instruments.
Last 24 months
Subheadings under HS 9208
| Code | Product | Exports, 12 months | Share | vs 12 months before | October 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9208.10 | Musical boxes | $314K | 44.3% | +227.7% | $25K |
| 9208.90 | Other | $396K | 55.7% | -25.4% | $33K |
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. 39 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 | $240K | 33.8% | +228.3% | 3 | $22K |
| 2 | China | $224K | 31.5% | -21.8% | 1 | $15K |
| 3 | Japan | $211K | 29.7% | +6.8% | 2 | $21K |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | $15K | 2.1% | – | 9 | $0 |
| 5 | France | $12K | 1.7% | – | 20 | $0 |
| 6 | Belgium | $1,694 | 0.2% | – | – | $0 |
| 7 | Taiwan | $1,441 | 0.2% | – | 7 | $0 |
| 8 | Singapore | $671 | 0.1% | – | 8 | $108 |
| 9 | Thailand | $546 | 0.1% | – | – | $0 |
| 10 | Greece | $443 | 0.1% | – | – | $0 |
| 11 | Netherlands | $414 | 0.1% | – | 17 | $0 |
| 12 | Australia | $363 | 0.1% | – | 15 | $0 |
| 13 | United Kingdom | $334 | 0.0% | – | 16 | $64 |
| 14 | Turkmenistan | $300 | 0.0% | – | – | $0 |
| 15 | Canada | $290 | 0.0% | – | 13 | $0 |
| 16 | Germany | $227 | 0.0% | – | 12 | $0 |
| 17 | Philippines | $210 | 0.0% | – | 25 | $0 |
| 18 | New Zealand | $175 | 0.0% | – | 18 | $136 |
| 19 | Macao | $160 | 0.0% | – | 24 | $0 |
| 20 | Indonesia | $118 | 0.0% | – | – | $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 | $59K | +122.4% | 1.2 t | $47.05 | $588K | 52.9 t |
| September 2026 | $47K | -22.9% | 767 kg | $61.15 | $289K | 16.9 t |
| August 2026 | $26K | -75.2% | 625 kg | $40.84 | $733K | 14.1 t |
| July 2026 | $95K | +70.0% | 1.9 t | $50.52 | $207K | 19.1 t |
| June 2026 | $35K | -45.9% | 899 kg | $39.32 | $122K | 6.4 t |
| May 2026 | $43K | -16.6% | 1.4 t | $31.13 | $138K | 8.4 t |
| April 2026 | $49K | +122.5% | 993 kg | $49.41 | $227K | 30.3 t |
| March 2026 | $30K | -65.7% | 1.6 t | $18.65 | $98K | 5.5 t |
| February 2026 | $78K | +70.7% | 1.6 t | $47.98 | $227K | 7.8 t |
| January 2026 | $98K | +90.3% | 1.2 t | $84.86 | $181K | 10.5 t |
| December 2025 | $112K | +312.1% | 1.9 t | $58.43 | $740K | 38.0 t |
| November 2025 | $38K | +26.7% | 850 kg | $45.17 | $634K | 85.8 t |
| October 2025 | $26K | -32.2% | 976 kg | $27.09 | $560K | 50.3 t |
| September 2025 | $61K | -51.7% | 1.7 t | $35.56 | $378K | 26.4 t |
| August 2025 | $103K | – | 6.6 t | $15.47 | $188K | 9.5 t |
| July 2025 | $56K | +39.0% | 2.0 t | $27.47 | $200K | 9.7 t |
| June 2025 | $65K | +5.0% | 1.7 t | $37.74 | $253K | 7.7 t |
| May 2025 | $52K | +133.4% | 1.6 t | $33.31 | $256K | 14.4 t |
| April 2025 | $22K | -24.9% | 669 kg | $32.97 | $228K | 11.1 t |
| March 2025 | $86K | – | 2.0 t | $43.92 | $151K | 7.8 t |
| February 2025 | $46K | +129.1% | 1.7 t | $26.33 | $283K | 8.1 t |
| January 2025 | $52K | +35.9% | 1.4 t | $36.49 | $194K | 9.9 t |
| December 2024 | $27K | – | 1.0 t | $27.07 | $485K | 38.8 t |
| November 2024 | $30K | +26.5% | 1.1 t | $28.17 | $706K | 74.5 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.