Key facts
- Korea Customs Service data put November 1-10 exports at $33.5 billion, more than double the 2025 period.
- Imports for November 1-10 rose 45% on-year to $24.7 billion, per the customs data.
- The first 10 days of November produced a trade surplus of $8.8 billion.
South Korea's exports more than doubled in the first 10 days of November from the same period in 2025, reaching $33.5 billion, according to customs data published on November 11, 2026 by the Korea Customs Service.
Imports rose 45% from a year earlier to $24.7 billion over the November 1-10 period, the data showed. The gap left a trade surplus of $8.8 billion.
The report did not give a year-earlier export figure, so the size of the increase in dollar terms cannot be stated from the data provided.