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EU–South Korea trade in machinery & mechanical appliances
In May 2026, the EU exported €943M of machinery & mechanical appliances to South Korea and imported €1.2B — a €276M deficit in this category.
Over the past year the EU's machinery & mechanical appliances balance with South Korea swung from a €338M surplus to a €276M deficit.
South Korea supplied about 4% of the EU's extra-EU imports of machinery & mechanical appliances in May 2026.
Updated monthly · latest data May 2026
— EU exports— EU imports137 months · latest 2026-05
EU exports
€943M
EU imports
€1.2B
Balance
−€276M
Top sub-categories traded with South Korea
EU exports →
- 8486Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor boules or wafers, semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits or flat panel displays; machines and apparatus specified in note 9 C to chapter 84; parts and accessories, n.e.s.€441M
- 8419Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment whether or not electrically heated (excl. furnaces, ovens and other equipment of heading 8514), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilising, pasteurising, steaming, drying, evaporating, vaporising, condensing or cooling (excl. those used for domestic purposes); instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric; parts thereof€43M
- 8481Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, incl. pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves; parts thereof€43M
- 8421Centrifuges, incl. centrifugal dryers (excl. those for isotope separation); filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, for liquids or gases; parts thereof (excl. artificial kidneys)€37M
- 8409Parts suitable for use solely or principally with internal combustion piston engine of heading 8407 or 8408€36M
← EU imports
- 8473Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) suitable for use solely or principally with machines of heading 8469 to 8472, n.e.s.€527M
- 8471Automatic data-processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, n.e.s.€197M
- 8486Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor boules or wafers, semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits or flat panel displays; machines and apparatus specified in note 9 C to chapter 84; parts and accessories, n.e.s.€85M
- 8429Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and roadrollers€74M
- 8414Air or vacuum pumps (excl. gas compound elevators and pneumatic elevators and conveyors); air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters; parts thereof€27M
Monthly figures
| Month | EU exports | EU imports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | €943M | €1.2B | −€276M |
| April 2026 | €1.1B | €1.0B | €77M |
| March 2026 | €1.3B | €1.1B | €213M |
| February 2026 | €1.5B | €896M | €569M |
| January 2026 | €1.2B | €672M | €495M |
| December 2025 | €1.4B | €926M | €519M |
| November 2025 | €968M | €732M | €237M |
| October 2025 | €1.2B | €903M | €341M |
| September 2025 | €1.6B | €772M | €813M |
| August 2025 | €817M | €758M | €59M |
| July 2025 | €1.3B | €842M | €473M |
| June 2025 | €1.1B | €750M | €308M |
| May 2025 | €1.1B | €763M | €338M |
| April 2025 | €1.1B | €815M | €235M |
| March 2025 | €1.7B | €890M | €820M |
| February 2025 | €1.2B | €752M | €443M |
| January 2025 | €847M | €915M | −€67M |
| December 2024 | €1.7B | €700M | €1.0B |
| November 2024 | €1.5B | €719M | €805M |
| October 2024 | €845M | €851M | −€6.3M |
| September 2024 | €1.5B | €839M | €628M |
| August 2024 | €671M | €807M | −€136M |
| July 2024 | €765M | €866M | −€100M |
| June 2024 | €966M | €818M | €149M |
EU exports, imports and balance by month — extra-EU, EU27 reporter, latest 24 months.
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Source: Eurostat — Comext DS-059341 · EU27 reporter · extra-EU trade · value in EUR. Figures are indicative and may be revised; verify against Eurostat before relying on them.