Outbound shipments hit $21.3 billion in the first 10 days, driven by a 155.4% jump in chip exports amid AI boom
South Korea exports surge 45.3% in early August on chip demand
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Exports of petroleum products also shot up 65.3 percent to $1.99 billion. Containers are stacked at a port in the southeastern city of Busan on Thursday. (Yonhap) South Korea's exports jumped 45.3 percent from a year earlier in the first 10 days of August, data showed Tuesday, on the back of strong global demand for memory chips. Outbound shipments reached $21.3 billion in the August 1-10 period, compared with $14.6 billion tallied in the same period in 2025, according to the data from the Korea Customs Service.
Furthermore, LEAD Exports up 45.3 pct in 1st 10 days of Aug. on chips. (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS details throughout) By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, Aug. By sector, exports of chips soared 155.4 percent to $9.95 billion, maintaining solid growth amid the global artificial intelligence boom, the latest data showed. The total trade surplus so far this year stands at $169.5 billion.
In addition, Outbound shipments of automobiles, on the other hand, slid 80.9 percent to $182 million. Imports went up 23.1 percent on-year to $19.5 billion over the cited period, resulting in a trade surplus of $1.8 billion.
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Exports of petroleum products also shot up 65.3 percent to $1.99 billion.
reliability low1/2 sourcesContainers are stacked at a port in the southeastern city of Busan on Thursday. (Yonhap) South Korea's exports jumped 45.3 percent from a year earlier in the first 10 days of August, data showed Tuesday, on the back of strong global demand for memory chips.
reliability low1/2 sourcesOutbound shipments reached $21.3 billion in the August 1-10 period, compared with $14.6 billion tallied in the same period in 2025, according to the data from the Korea Customs Service.
reliability low1/2 sourcesLEAD Exports up 45.3 pct in 1st 10 days of Aug. on chips. (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS details throughout) By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, Aug.
reliability low1/2 sourcesBy sector, exports of chips soared 155.4 percent to $9.95 billion, maintaining solid growth amid the global artificial intelligence boom, the latest data showed.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe total trade surplus so far this year stands at $169.5 billion.
reliability low1/2 sourcesOutbound shipments of automobiles, on the other hand, slid 80.9 percent to $182 million.
reliability low1/2 sourcesImports went up 23.1 percent on-year to $19.5 billion over the cited period, resulting in a trade surplus of $1.8 billion.
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