Korea Trade Data

Lifts, escalators, conveyors and other handling machinery: South Korea exports to Vietnam

HS 8428 · 그 밖의 권양(捲揚)용ㆍ취급용ㆍ적하용ㆍ양하용 기계류[예: 리프트ㆍ에스컬레이터ㆍ컨베이어ㆍ텔레페릭(teleferic)] · latest month: October 2026

Exports, October 2026
$2.1M
-84.4% vs previous month
vs same month a year earlier
+11.8%
export value
Exports, last 12 months
$70.6M
+21.8% vs 12 months before
Export weight, October 2026
384 t
net weight
Export value per kg
$5.35
October 2026

In October 2026, South Korea exported $2.1 million of lifts, escalators, conveyors and other handling machinery (HS 8428) to Vietnam, down 84.4% from September 2026 and up 11.8% from October 2025.

Over the 12 months to October 2026, exports of lifts, escalators, conveyors and other handling machinery (HS 8428) to Vietnam totalled $70.6 million, up 21.8% from the 12 months before ($58.0 million).

Vietnam took 7.7% of South Korea's exports of this product over the 12 months to October 2026, ranking 3rd of 107 destinations (7th in the 12 months before).

This product made up 0.1% of South Korea's goods exports to Vietnam over the same period.

The average export value in October 2026 was $5.35 per kg of net weight, compared with $29.97 per kg in October 2025.

Imports from Vietnam in October 2026 were $522,299 (up 939.7% from October 2025), leaving a surplus of $1.5 million for the month.

Last 24 months

Monthly exportsExport value in US dollars (FOB).
$0M$5M$10M$15MOct ’26May ’26Dec ’25Jul ’25Feb ’25November 2024: $1.7 millionDecember 2024: $3.2 millionJanuary 2025: $2.1 millionFebruary 2025: $3.5 millionMarch 2025: $5.6 millionApril 2025: $7.9 millionMay 2025: $6.4 millionJune 2025: $6.7 millionJuly 2025: $4.5 millionAugust 2025: $7.4 millionSeptember 2025: $7.1 millionOctober 2025: $1.8 millionNovember 2025: $6.9 millionDecember 2025: $6.9 millionJanuary 2026: $5.1 millionFebruary 2026: $2.8 millionMarch 2026: $7.6 millionApril 2026: $5.8 millionMay 2026: $3.5 millionJune 2026: $5.1 millionJuly 2026: $5.9 millionAugust 2026: $5.6 millionSeptember 2026: $13.2 millionOctober 2026: $2.1 million
Monthly importsImport value in US dollars (CIF).
$0M$0.5M$1M$1.5MOct ’26May ’26Dec ’25Jul ’25Feb ’25$0.522MNovember 2024: $304,830December 2024: $321,554January 2025: $118,194February 2025: $89,643March 2025: $266,428April 2025: $482,013May 2025: $424,047June 2025: $351,721July 2025: $238,356August 2025: $239,434September 2025: $298,436October 2025: $50,236November 2025: $188,491December 2025: $88,517January 2026: $315,441February 2026: $875,232March 2026: $73,049April 2026: $369,304May 2026: $186,403June 2026: $354,373July 2026: $1.1 millionAugust 2026: $479,664September 2026: $202,364October 2026: $522,299

Monthly figures

MonthExportsvs year earlierExport weightExport $/kg ImportsImport weight
October 2026$2.1M+11.8%384 t $5.35$522K19.8 t
September 2026$13.2M+86.7%738 t $17.88$202K21.3 t
August 2026$5.6M-24.6%466 t $11.92$480K86.5 t
July 2026$5.9M+30.5%802 t $7.39$1.1M46.5 t
June 2026$5.1M-23.5%309 t $16.64$354K22.2 t
May 2026$3.5M-44.5%244 t $14.54$186K12.7 t
April 2026$5.8M-26.7%741 t $7.85$369K29.9 t
March 2026$7.6M+35.0%573 t $13.22$73K12.5 t
February 2026$2.8M-19.4%221 t $12.71$875K91.6 t
January 2026$5.1M+140.4%297 t $17.21$315K78.8 t
December 2025$6.9M+120.4%556 t $12.49$89K9.1 t
November 2025$6.9M+298.8%483 t $14.37$188K27.0 t
October 2025$1.8M-56.0%61.4 t $29.97$50K4.9 t
September 2025$7.1M+56.8%417 t $16.97$298K41.8 t
August 2025$7.4M+78.5%667 t $11.03$239K45.1 t
July 2025$4.5M-64.0%117 t $38.74$238K28.8 t
June 2025$6.7M+33.1%282 t $23.87$352K19.3 t
May 2025$6.4M+73.9%651 t $9.82$424K24.7 t
April 2025$7.9M+78.3%687 t $11.55$482K55.3 t
March 2025$5.6M+5.9%288 t $19.52$266K23.8 t
February 2025$3.5M-33.0%176 t $19.83$90K15.8 t
January 2025$2.1M-45.4%167 t $12.75$118K18.9 t
December 2024$3.2M-64.4%107 t $29.39$322K8.8 t
November 2024$1.7M-65.0%89.1 t $19.51$305K30.9 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.

See also: Lifts, escalators, conveyors and other handling machinery to all countries · all exports to Vietnam