Korea Trade Data

Miscellaneous manufactured articles: South Korea exports and imports

HS chapter 96 · 잡품 · latest month: October 2026

Exports, October 2026
$47.7M
+9.1% vs previous month
vs same month a year earlier
+27.9%
export value
Exports, last 12 months
$477.5M
+4.7% vs 12 months before
Imports, October 2026
$100.2M
Export value per kg
$19.17
net weight, October 2026

In October 2026, South Korea exported $47.7 million of miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS 96), up 9.1% from September 2026 and up 27.9% from October 2025.

Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS 96) totalled $477.5 million, up 4.7% from the 12 months before ($456.2 million).

The largest destination over the 12 months to October 2026 was the United States ($111.3 million, 23.3% of the total), followed by Japan and Vietnam.

That was 0.0% of South Korea's total goods exports over the same 12 months.

Imports in October 2026 were $100.2 million (up 22.8% from October 2025), leaving a deficit of $52.5 million for the month.

Official description of HS 96: Miscellanous manufactured articles.

Last 24 months

Monthly exportsExport value in US dollars (FOB).
$0M$20M$40M$60MOct ’26May ’26Dec ’25Jul ’25Feb ’25November 2024: $39.4 millionDecember 2024: $37.6 millionJanuary 2025: $31.6 millionFebruary 2025: $35.9 millionMarch 2025: $37.9 millionApril 2025: $44.3 millionMay 2025: $39.5 millionJune 2025: $37.0 millionJuly 2025: $42.2 millionAugust 2025: $31.0 millionSeptember 2025: $42.5 millionOctober 2025: $37.3 millionNovember 2025: $37.8 millionDecember 2025: $37.2 millionJanuary 2026: $36.8 millionFebruary 2026: $31.3 millionMarch 2026: $38.7 millionApril 2026: $43.0 millionMay 2026: $38.7 millionJune 2026: $42.2 millionJuly 2026: $44.1 millionAugust 2026: $36.4 millionSeptember 2026: $43.7 millionOctober 2026: $47.7 million
Monthly importsImport value in US dollars (CIF).
$0M$50M$100M$150MOct ’26May ’26Dec ’25Jul ’25Feb ’25$100MNovember 2024: $87.7 millionDecember 2024: $101.3 millionJanuary 2025: $93.1 millionFebruary 2025: $78.9 millionMarch 2025: $92.6 millionApril 2025: $104.3 millionMay 2025: $92.8 millionJune 2025: $95.7 millionJuly 2025: $92.6 millionAugust 2025: $86.2 millionSeptember 2025: $91.3 millionOctober 2025: $81.6 millionNovember 2025: $84.1 millionDecember 2025: $104.8 millionJanuary 2026: $97.8 millionFebruary 2026: $83.2 millionMarch 2026: $93.9 millionApril 2026: $109.2 millionMay 2026: $100.3 millionJune 2026: $105.1 millionJuly 2026: $101.8 millionAugust 2026: $91.2 millionSeptember 2026: $102.0 millionOctober 2026: $100.2 million

Headings under chapter 96

CodeProductExports, 12 monthsSharevs 12 months beforeOctober 2026
9603Brooms, brushes, hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorised, etc.$106.1M 22.2%+16.3%$9.4M
9612Typewriter or similar ribbons, etc.$68.7M 14.4%-3.7%$6.0M
9619Sanitary towels and tampons, napkins, napkin liners and similar articles, etc.$57.1M 12.0%+6.4%$5.3M
9608Ball point pens, etc.$56.3M 11.8%-5.1%$5.7M
9607Slide fasteners and parts thereof$34.4M 7.2%-12.7%$3.8M
9606Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, etc.$34.3M 7.2%+6.4%$3.2M
9602Worked vegetable or mineral carving material and articles of these materials, etc.$33.1M 6.9%+3.0%$3.0M
9615Combs, hair-slides and the like, etc.$31.9M 6.7%+26.4%$6.0M
9616Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays, and mounts and heads therefor, etc.$20.2M 4.2%+7.8%$2.1M
9609Pencils, crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, etc.$14.2M 3.0%+11.3%$951K
9617Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete, etc.$5.3M 1.1%+12.8%$317K
9611Date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like, etc.$4.5M 0.9%+45.5%$378K
9618Tailors' dummies and other lay figures, etc.$4.0M 0.8%+19.5%$462K
9613Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, etc.$2.7M 0.6%-39.3%$299K
9620Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles$1.6M 0.3%+27.3%$95K
9605Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning$1.4M 0.3%-24.9%$82K
9601Worked ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, etc.$1.2M 0.3%+27.5%$307K
9610Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framed$283K 0.1%-30.8%$21K
9604Hand sieves and hand riddles$233K 0.0%+87.0%$190K
9614Smoking pipes and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereof, etc.$2,981 0.0%–$0

Top destinations

Export value over the 12 months to October 2026. 191 countries received this product from South Korea in the last 24 months; the table shows the largest 20.

RankCountryExports, 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before Rank beforeOctober 2026
1United States $111.3M23.3%+14.8%1 $12.7M
2Japan $66.4M13.9%+9.5%2 $6.5M
3Vietnam $43.4M9.1%-5.8%3 $4.7M
4China $39.5M8.3%+17.5%4 $5.4M
5Australia $22.3M4.7%+12.4%5 $2.1M
6United Kingdom $14.0M2.9%-8.8%6 $1.3M
7Germany $13.3M2.8%-3.8%7 $687K
8Indonesia $11.5M2.4%+22.8%11 $956K
9Philippines $10.2M2.1%-0.1%10 $1.1M
10Russia $10.2M2.1%-14.0%8 $1.4M
11Taiwan $9.8M2.0%-9.2%9 $571K
12Netherlands $9.6M2.0%+40.0%16 $882K
13Hong Kong $9.0M1.9%+11.5%13 $905K
14Bangladesh $7.5M1.6%-16.2%12 $631K
15Belgium $7.4M1.5%+2.4%15 $433K
16Mongolia $7.0M1.5%+22.9%17 $503K
17Thailand $6.8M1.4%-6.0%14 $638K
18India $6.2M1.3%+19.2%19 $512K
19Brazil $5.8M1.2%+6.1%18 $450K
20Malaysia $5.4M1.1%+4.3%20 $837K

Countries are linked when exports of this product to them reached $1,000,000 over 24 months.

Monthly figures

MonthExportsvs year earlierExport weightExport $/kg ImportsImport weight
October 2026$47.7M+27.9%2,490 t $19.17$100.2M11,497 t
September 2026$43.7M+2.9%2,425 t $18.04$102.0M11,585 t
August 2026$36.4M+17.3%2,270 t $16.02$91.2M10,673 t
July 2026$44.1M+4.5%2,537 t $17.38$101.8M12,065 t
June 2026$42.2M+14.1%2,375 t $17.75$105.1M12,518 t
May 2026$38.7M-2.0%2,001 t $19.33$100.3M12,201 t
April 2026$43.0M-3.0%2,469 t $17.42$109.2M13,017 t
March 2026$38.7M+2.1%2,263 t $17.09$93.9M10,793 t
February 2026$31.3M-12.9%1,849 t $16.90$83.2M10,042 t
January 2026$36.8M+16.5%2,200 t $16.75$97.8M11,969 t
December 2025$37.2M-1.1%2,280 t $16.32$104.8M12,607 t
November 2025$37.8M-4.2%2,358 t $16.01$84.1M10,549 t
October 2025$37.3M-10.5%2,157 t $17.29$81.6M9,529 t
September 2025$42.5M+18.3%2,662 t $15.97$91.3M11,045 t
August 2025$31.0M-9.3%1,925 t $16.11$86.2M10,277 t
July 2025$42.2M+3.1%2,628 t $16.07$92.6M11,318 t
June 2025$37.0M-7.2%2,172 t $17.02$95.7M11,757 t
May 2025$39.5M-15.1%2,285 t $17.28$92.8M10,935 t
April 2025$44.3M-1.9%2,976 t $14.90$104.3M12,104 t
March 2025$37.9M+0.7%2,124 t $17.84$92.6M10,454 t
February 2025$35.9M+3.2%2,247 t $15.97$78.9M8,701 t
January 2025$31.6M-12.2%1,911 t $16.54$93.1M11,355 t
December 2024$37.6M-0.2%2,230 t $16.87$101.3M12,318 t
November 2024$39.4M-0.4%2,126 t $18.53$87.7M10,090 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.