Finland's export to South Korea in SITC commodity grouping, import to Finland from South Korea in SITC commodity grouping during 2002

Export of goods from Finland and import to Finland	Trade Balance

Import from South Korea, export to South Korea, trade in goods and trade balance in the period 2002 - 2025

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In 2025 South Korea did rise to be Finland's 20. biggest foreign trade partner. The value of trade between the countries increased by 9.1 per cent from the previous year, thus in 2025 amounting to EUR 1.5 billion. Value added in trade is due to a strong increase in exports.The trade surplus in 2025 was worth EUR 172 million.

Between 2002-2025 Finnish exports to South Korea peaked in 2022, at the time valued at EUR 981 million Euro. Finland's export to South Korea in 2025 was EUR 858 million Euro. The largest product groups of exports were other inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals (Sitc 524), which represented 23.1 per cent of the total exports, rotating electric plant and parts thereof, n.e.s. (Sitc 716) 9.5 % and nickel (Sitc 683) 6.4 % of the export. The strongest increase in exports was in following major product groups: other inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals (Sitc 524) growth of 6 percent from the previous year, nickel (Sitc 683) 9 % and other machinery and equipment specialized for particular industries; parts thereof, n.e.s. (Sitc 728) 8 %.

Import from South Korea to Finland in 2025 was EUR 685 million Euro. The largest product groups in imports from South Korea were motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver), including station-wagons and racing cars (Sitc 781), which represented a share of 18.1 per cent of imports, electrical machinery and apparatus, n.e.s. (Sitc 778) 13.3 % and salts and peroxysalts, of inorganic acids and metals (Sitc 523) 10.5 % of imports. The value of imports of the major product groups fell for electrical machinery and apparatus, n.e.s. (Sitc 778) by -31.5 per cent from the previous year and for motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver), including station-wagons and racing cars (Sitc 781) -12.8 %.

Year	Import 1,000 €	Export 1,000 €	Trade 1,000 €	Trade balance 1,000 €
2002	227,460	380,394	607,853	152,934
2003	329,225	316,320	645,545	-12,905
2004	433,221	306,510	739,731	-126,710
2005	689,557	409,843	1,099,400	-279,713
2006	876,823	388,944	1,265,767	-487,879
2007	1,085,173	581,894	1,667,067	-503,279
2008	1,554,795	570,914	2,125,709	-983,880
2009	506,723	552,726	1,059,449	46,003
2010	464,719	665,953	1,130,672	201,235
2011	600,823	567,685	1,168,508	-33,138
2012	870,908	694,348	1,565,257	-176,560
2013	460,937	842,767	1,303,705	381,830
2014	446,407	868,155	1,314,562	421,747
2015	529,725	752,616	1,282,341	222,892
2016	527,075	644,939	1,172,015	117,864
2017	703,030	787,466	1,490,496	84,436
2018	779,158	968,230	1,747,388	189,072
2019	724,424	847,028	1,571,452	122,604
2020	473,107	724,065	1,197,172	250,958
2021	692,259	763,308	1,455,567	71,049
2022	760,424	982,093	1,742,517	221,669
2023	787,034	786,002	1,573,035	-1,032
2024	716,487	698,629	1,415,116	-17,858
2025	686,149	858,077	1,544,227	171,928

Source: Finnish Customs

Export along The Standard International Trade Classification (SITC^*)

Imports by STIC Goods Categories

Modes of Transport

*) SITC = Standard International Trade Classification (classification system is maintained by the United Nations) South Korea

Table: Finland's export to South Korea (KR) in product groups (SITC 2)

	2021		2022		2023		2024		2025
	1,000 €	%	1,000 €	%	1,000 €	%	1,000 €	%	1,000 €	%
0. Food and live animals	32,059	4.2	40,165	4.1	30,782	3.7	31,297	4.5	33,734	3.9
00. Live animals			1	0.0			1	0.0
01. Meat and meat preparations	22,758	3.0	25,056	2.6	22,206	2.7	21,731	3.1	23,300	2.7
02. Dairy products and birds' eggs	1,831	0.2	2,466	0.3	1,195	0.1	1,450	0.2	2,601	0.3
03. Fish and fish preparations	7	0.0	5	0.0
04. Cereals and cereal preparations	2,336	0.3	3,340	0.3	1,325	0.2	1,355	0.2	1,398	0.2
05. Vegetables and fruit	979	0.1	4,006	0.4	924	0.1	1,216	0.2	2,397	0.3
06. Sugars,sugar preparations and honey	2,200	0.3	2,895	0.3	2,367	0.3	2,758	0.4	1,819	0.2
07. Coffee,tea,cocoa,spices	878	0.1	1,678	0.2	2,169	0.3	2,137	0.3	1,627	0.2
08. Feeding stuff for animals					1	0.0			63	0.0
09. Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	1,070	0.1	718	0.1	593	0.1	650	0.1	530	0.1
1. Beverages and tobacco	290	0.0	189	0.0	127	0.0	316	0.0	190	0.0
11. Beverages	290	0.0	189	0.0	127	0.0	316	0.0	190	0.0
2. Crude materials,inedible,except fuels	68,248	8.9	62,118	6.3	47,105	5.7	55,630	8.0	62,152	7.2
21. Hides,skins,furskins,raw	9,371	1.2	12,182	1.2	9,841	1.2	7,033	1.0	3,962	0.5
23. Crude rubber (incl.synthetic)							1	0.0	1	0.0
24. Cork and wood	8,087	1.1	5,975	0.6	4,618	0.6	5,864	0.8	6,425	0.7
25. Pulp and waste paper	49,472	6.5	43,725	4.5	32,344	3.9	42,066	6.0	49,443	5.8
26. Textile fibres and their wastes	1	0.0	1	0.0	8	0.0	2	0.0	4	0.0
27. Crude fertilizers and crude minerals	22	0.0	19	0.0	20	0.0	79	0.0	200	0.0
28. Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	1,219	0.2	124	0.0	195	0.0	423	0.1	1,931	0.2
29. Crude animal,vegetable materials n.e.s.	77	0.0	92	0.0	78	0.0	162	0.0	230	0.0
3. Mineral fuels etc	27	0.0	206	0.0	129	0.0	21	0.0	4	0.0
32. Coal,coke and briquettes			50	0.0			12	0.0
33. Petroleum and products	27	0.0	156	0.0	129	0.0	9	0.0	4	0.0
4. Animal and vegetable oils and fats	93	0.0	63	0.0	84	0.0	59	0.0	98	0.0
41. Animal oils and fats	31	0.0	40	0.0					3	0.0
42. Fixed vegetable fats and oils	62	0.0	23	0.0	83	0.0	59	0.0	95	0.0
5. Chemicals and related products,n.e.s.	113,198	14.8	141,911	14.5	87,473	10.6	120,138	17.2	240,479	28.0
51. Organic chemicals	9,008	1.2	13,425	1.4	14,164	1.7	15,444	2.2	8,331	1.0
52. Inorganic chemicals	28,767	3.8	34,284	3.5	39,377	4.8	44,117	6.3	211,527	24.6
53. Dyeing,tanning and colouring material	806	0.1	1,253	0.1	986	0.1	601	0.1	645	0.1
54. Medicinal and pharmaceutical products	12,712	1.7	11,889	1.2	12,987	1.6	12,716	1.8	10,331	1.2
55. Perfume,cleaning etc.preparations	33	0.0	99	0.0	53	0.0	159	0.0	52	0.0
56. Fertilizers,manufactured	1	0.0	123	0.0	114	0.0	113	0.0	132	0.0
57. Plastics in primary forms	3,073	0.4	3,613	0.4	1,725	0.2	2,950	0.4	2,823	0.3
58. Plastics in non-primary forms	319	0.0	359	0.0	711	0.1	284	0.0	221	0.0
59. Chemical materials and products,n.e.s.	58,480	7.7	76,867	7.8	17,358	2.1	43,754	6.3	6,418	0.7
6. Basic manufactures	242,925	31.8	286,325	29.2	254,815	30.9	109,617	15.7	135,069	15.7
61. Leather,dressed fur,etc.	232	0.0	108	0.0	207	0.0	67	0.0	73	0.0
62. Rubber manufactures,n.e.s.	263	0.0	360	0.0	279	0.0	260	0.0	312	0.0
63. Wood and cork manufactures	25,768	3.4	28,529	2.9	29,087	3.5	24,370	3.5	29,329	3.4
64. Paper,paperboard and articles thereof	30,628	4.0	28,065	2.9	19,367	2.4	19,794	2.8	21,867	2.5
65. Textile yarn,fabrics,made up articles,etc.	2,849	0.4	3,007	0.3	2,671	0.3	2,375	0.3	2,083	0.2
66. Non-metallic mineral manufactures,n.e.s.	2,065	0.3	1,445	0.1	1,485	0.2	1,777	0.3	1,894	0.2
67. Iron and steel	22,269	2.9	24,432	2.5	23,255	2.8	19,905	2.8	11,419	1.3
68. Non-ferrous metals	153,634	20.1	190,185	19.4	167,929	20.4	29,734	4.3	56,895	6.6
69. Manufactures of metals,n.e.s.	5,217	0.7	10,193	1.0	10,534	1.3	11,334	1.6	11,197	1.3
7. Machinery,transport equipment	255,235	33.4	389,240	39.7	308,683	37.5	324,504	46.5	341,817	39.8
71. Power generating machinery and equipment	105,777	13.9	228,138	23.3	124,408	15.1	165,363	23.7	117,400	13.7
72. Machinery for specialized industries	36,411	4.8	41,829	4.3	35,669	4.3	45,931	6.6	70,699	8.2
73. Metal working machinery	3,137	0.4	3,976	0.4	4,940	0.6	3,662	0.5	4,709	0.5
74. General industrial machinery n.e.s.	54,033	7.1	46,855	4.8	50,199	6.1	44,219	6.3	74,735	8.7
75. Office machines and adp machines	1,031	0.1	765	0.1	482	0.1	1,768	0.3	1,588	0.2
76. Telecommunications and sound recording equipment	14,084	1.8	13,354	1.4	15,186	1.8	8,305	1.2	9,018	1.1
77. Electric machinery,n.e.s.and parts	39,630	5.2	51,031	5.2	72,028	8.7	53,838	7.7	59,825	7.0
78. Road vehicles	716	0.1	2,591	0.3	5,484	0.7	1,171	0.2	1,842	0.2
79. Other transport equipment	415	0.1	701	0.1	288	0.0	248	0.0	2,002	0.2
8. Miscellaneous manufactured articles	50,987	6.7	60,626	6.2	94,699	11.5	56,926	8.1	44,640	5.2
81. Prefabr.buildings;sanitary,lighting etc.fixtrs	362	0.0	2,488	0.3	334	0.0	561	0.1	180	0.0
82. Furniture and parts thereof	956	0.1	1,321	0.1	821	0.1	525	0.1	616	0.1
83. Travel goods,handbags and sim.containers	167	0.0	132	0.0	192	0.0	184	0.0	118	0.0
84. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories	707	0.1	917	0.1	785	0.1	685	0.1	574	0.1
85. Footwear	49	0.0	76	0.0	110	0.0	99	0.0	113	0.0
87. Instruments and apparates n.e.s.	44,457	5.8	50,734	5.2	89,032	10.8	51,932	7.4	39,579	4.6
88. Photographic equipment,optical goods etc.	898	0.1	437	0.0	301	0.0	201	0.0	168	0.0
89. Miscellaneous manufactured articles,n.e.s.	3,391	0.4	4,520	0.5	3,123	0.4	2,739	0.4	3,292	0.4
9. Goods not classified elsewhere			2	0.0	2	0.0
96. Coin (not gold coin or legal)			2	0.0	2	0.0
All groups combined	763,063	100.0	980,847	100.0	823,898	100.0	698,509	100.0	858,184	100.0

Source: Finnish Customs

Table: Import from South Korea (KR) in product groups (SITC 2)

	2021		2022		2023		2024		2025
	1,000 €	%	1,000 €	%	1,000 €	%	1,000 €	%	1,000 €	%
0. Food and live animals	1,643	0.2	1,943	0.3	1,931	0.2	2,817	0.4	5,495	0.8
00. Live animals					1	0.0
01. Meat and meat preparations	5	0.0	3	0.0	3	0.0	115	0.0	4	0.0
02. Dairy products and birds' eggs	2	0.0					7	0.0	20	0.0
03. Fish and fish preparations	30	0.0	25	0.0	39	0.0	26	0.0	22	0.0
04. Cereals and cereal preparations	352	0.1	438	0.1	329	0.0	826	0.1	3,320	0.5
05. Vegetables and fruit	478	0.1	704	0.1	379	0.0	432	0.1	463	0.1
06. Sugars,sugar preparations and honey	4	0.0	1	0.0	32	0.0	14	0.0	21	0.0
07. Coffee,tea,cocoa,spices	20	0.0	21	0.0	30	0.0	68	0.0	43	0.0
08. Feeding stuff for animals			1	0.0	58	0.0	30	0.0
09. Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	753	0.1	749	0.1	1,060	0.1	1,298	0.2	1,602	0.2
1. Beverages and tobacco	321	0.0	346	0.0	291	0.0	308	0.0	349	0.1
11. Beverages	321	0.0	346	0.0	291	0.0	308	0.0	349	0.1
2. Crude materials,inedible,except fuels	5,252	0.8	14,832	1.9	10,432	1.3	11,324	1.6	12,883	1.9
22. Oil seeds,oleaginous fruits					1	0.0
23. Crude rubber (incl.synthetic)	2,460	0.4	10,625	1.4	7,621	1.0	8,131	1.1	9,732	1.4
25. Pulp and waste paper	12	0.0	3	0.0			15	0.0
26. Textile fibres and their wastes	2,593	0.4	3,133	0.4	2,471	0.3	2,990	0.4	3,033	0.4
27. Crude fertilizers and crude minerals	2	0.0	13	0.0	5	0.0	3	0.0	15	0.0
28. Metalliferous ores and metal scrap			908	0.1
29. Crude animal,vegetable materials n.e.s.	185	0.0	150	0.0	334	0.0	184	0.0	102	0.0
3. Mineral fuels etc	16,523	2.4	371	0.0	1,055	0.1	29,565	4.2	4,825	0.7
33. Petroleum and products	16,136	2.3	54	0.0	639	0.1	29,105	4.1	4,582	0.7
34. Gas,natural and manufactured	387	0.1	317	0.0	416	0.1	460	0.1	244	0.0
4. Animal and vegetable oils and fats	2,769	0.4	4	0.0	6	0.0	9	0.0	7	0.0
42. Fixed vegetable fats and oils	14	0.0	4	0.0	6	0.0	9	0.0	7	0.0
43. Processed animal or vegetable oils,etc.	2,755	0.4
5. Chemicals and related products,n.e.s.	55,682	8.1	60,645	7.9	91,580	11.7	117,760	16.6	183,631	26.8
51. Organic chemicals	4,454	0.6	6,632	0.9	4,283	0.5	5,118	0.7	3,816	0.6
52. Inorganic chemicals	432	0.1	2,719	0.4	8,970	1.1	21,678	3.1	73,762	10.8
53. Dyeing,tanning and colouring material	89	0.0	154	0.0	346	0.0	232	0.0	439	0.1
54. Medicinal and pharmaceutical products	21,894	3.2	13,651	1.8	43,997	5.6	47,169	6.6	47,533	6.9
55. Perfume,cleaning etc.preparations	7,649	1.1	7,379	1.0	13,143	1.7	21,842	3.1	30,888	4.5
57. Plastics in primary forms	13,581	2.0	20,294	2.6	13,782	1.8	13,367	1.9	18,541	2.7
58. Plastics in non-primary forms	1,775	0.3	2,290	0.3	2,327	0.3	1,682	0.2	1,362	0.2
59. Chemical materials and products,n.e.s.	5,808	0.8	7,526	1.0	4,733	0.6	6,672	0.9	7,290	1.1
6. Basic manufactures	60,060	8.7	104,986	13.7	77,311	9.9	52,995	7.5	49,936	7.3
61. Leather,dressed fur,etc.	43	0.0	3	0.0	32	0.0			7	0.0
62. Rubber manufactures,n.e.s.	12,118	1.8	15,656	2.0	13,265	1.7	12,553	1.8	18,076	2.6
63. Wood and cork manufactures	14	0.0	7	0.0	2	0.0	34	0.0	5	0.0
64. Paper,paperboard and articles thereof	671	0.1	452	0.1	238	0.0	278	0.0	227	0.0
65. Textile yarn,fabrics,made up articles,etc.	6,787	1.0	7,401	1.0	5,233	0.7	4,633	0.7	3,949	0.6
66. Non-metallic mineral manufactures,n.e.s.	2,510	0.4	2,567	0.3	2,468	0.3	1,478	0.2	2,581	0.4
67. Iron and steel	23,559	3.4	54,741	7.1	39,848	5.1	19,991	2.8	13,487	2.0
68. Non-ferrous metals	255	0.0	5,733	0.7	405	0.1	3,650	0.5	407	0.1
69. Manufactures of metals,n.e.s.	14,102	2.0	18,426	2.4	15,819	2.0	10,377	1.5	11,196	1.6
7. Machinery,transport equipment	514,626	74.8	539,928	70.5	570,833	72.8	472,185	66.5	404,949	59.1
71. Power generating machinery and equipment	2,290	0.3	3,415	0.4	1,853	0.2	2,143	0.3	2,562	0.4
72. Machinery for specialized industries	39,352	5.7	50,005	6.5	40,855	5.2	36,250	5.1	31,741	4.6
73. Metal working machinery	6,913	1.0	8,298	1.1	10,108	1.3	8,456	1.2	7,810	1.1
74. General industrial machinery n.e.s.	18,790	2.7	18,809	2.5	20,770	2.7	15,485	2.2	16,563	2.4
75. Office machines and adp machines	30,176	4.4	12,973	1.7	12,186	1.6	12,595	1.8	7,969	1.2
76. Telecommunications and sound recording equipment	52,867	7.7	53,397	7.0	34,427	4.4	19,550	2.8	14,147	2.1
77. Electric machinery,n.e.s.and parts	117,700	17.1	262,672	34.3	245,041	31.3	229,866	32.4	192,654	28.1
78. Road vehicles	122,163	17.8	130,345	17.0	205,580	26.2	147,822	20.8	131,479	19.2
79. Other transport equipment	124,373	18.1	14	0.0	13	0.0	17	0.0	23	0.0
8. Miscellaneous manufactured articles	28,998	4.2	38,375	5.0	29,613	3.8	22,255	3.1	22,497	3.3
81. Prefabr.buildings;sanitary,lighting etc.fixtrs	852	0.1	1,628	0.2	1,302	0.2	660	0.1	603	0.1
82. Furniture and parts thereof	1,011	0.1	1,268	0.2	1,234	0.2	3,660	0.5	2,779	0.4
83. Travel goods,handbags and sim.containers	267	0.0	264	0.0	212	0.0	156	0.0	119	0.0
84. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories	4,761	0.7	4,752	0.6	2,575	0.3	1,860	0.3	1,967	0.3
85. Footwear	1,397	0.2	1,716	0.2	668	0.1	505	0.1	547	0.1
87. Instruments and apparates n.e.s.	9,336	1.4	11,608	1.5	10,342	1.3	8,008	1.1	8,633	1.3
88. Photographic equipment,optical goods etc.	3,018	0.4	4,007	0.5	2,219	0.3	2,611	0.4	2,634	0.4
89. Miscellaneous manufactured articles,n.e.s.	8,356	1.2	13,132	1.7	11,061	1.4	4,796	0.7	5,215	0.8
9. Goods not classified elsewhere	2,325	0.3	4,434	0.6	720	0.1	734	0.1	731	0.1
93. Special transactions and commodities not classified	2,325	0.3	4,433	0.6	720	0.1	734	0.1	731	0.1
97. Gold,non-monetary			1	0.0
All groups combined	688,198	100.0	765,864	100.0	783,773	100.0	709,953	100.0	685,304	100.0

Source: Finnish Customs

Table: Modes of Transport

Export	2021		2022		2023		2024		2025
Export	1000 €	%	1000 €	%	1000 €	%	1000 €	%	1000 €	%
1 Sea transport (including car ferry and train ferry transport	621,086	81.3	817,713	82.9	596,247	72.2	508,673	72.7	563,150	65.0
2 Rail transport	334	0.0	51	0.0	0		920	0.1	0
3 Road transport (only possible at the border)	889	0.1	2,012	0.2	4,641	0.6	589	0.1	319	0.0
4 Air transport	141,414	18.5	166,383	16.9	224,367	27.2	189,311	27.1	302,453	34.9
5 Postal consignments	21	0.0	19	0.0	43	0.0	23	0.0	25	0.0
7 Stationary modes of transport (pipe, cable, electric cable)	0		0		0		0		0
8 Inland water transport (the Saimaa canal)	0		0		0		0		0
9 Own propulsion (watercraft and aircraft)	0		217	0.0	0		0		0
0 Unknowen mode of transport	0		0		0		0		0
*0-9 All modes of transport together	763,745	100.0	986,177	100.0	825,298	100.0	699,516	100.0	865,948	100.0

Import	2021		2022		2023		2024		2025
Import	1000 €	%	1000 €	%	1000 €	%	1000 €	%	1000 €	%
1 Sea transport (including car ferry and train ferry transport	444,257	64.8	648,880	83.9	662,766	84.4	580,393	81.0	541,591	78.9
2 Rail transport	2,516	0.4	1,496	0.2	5	0.0	84	0.0	106	0.0
3 Road transport (only possible at the border)	22,263	3.2	13,950	1.8	13,250	1.7	26,751	3.7	24,171	3.5
4 Air transport	93,165	13.6	107,149	13.9	107,572	13.7	107,695	15.0	119,421	17.4
5 Postal consignments	968	0.1	1,767	0.2	1,594	0.2	1,181	0.2	1,216	0.2
7 Stationary modes of transport (pipe, cable, electric cable)	0		0		0		0		0
8 Inland water transport (the Saimaa canal)	0		0		0		0		0
9 Own propulsion (watercraft and aircraft)	122,517	17.9	0		0		0		0
0 Unknowen mode of transport	0		0		0		0		0
*0-9 All modes of transport together	685,685	100.0	773,243	100.0	785,186	100.0	716,103	100.0	686,505	100.0

Source: Finnish Customs

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Classification	Description	Year level	Quarter level	Month level
SITC	Standard International Trade Classification (classification system is maintained by the United Nations)	███	███	███
BEC	The standard of statistical classification of BEC (Broad Economic Categories) is upheld by the UN and it is based on SITC-nomenclature.	███	███	███
NACE	National industrial classification based on Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community Nomenclature générale des Activités économiques dans les Communautés européennes	███	███	███
CPA	CPA = Classification of Products by Activities	███	███	███
CN	The Combined Nomenclature is the common nomenclature of the European Community.	███	███	███

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