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title: "South Korea data: October exports unexpectedly increased due to strong demand for chips and ships"
description: "South Korea's exports unexpectedly grew by 3.6% in October, reaching USD 59.57 billion, mainly driven by strong demand for chips and ships. Semiconductor exports increased by 25.4% year-on-year, while"
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# South Korea data: October exports unexpectedly increased due to strong demand for chips and ships

> South Korea's exports unexpectedly grew by 3.6% in October, reaching USD 59.57 billion, mainly driven by strong demand for chips and ships. Semiconductor exports increased by 25.4% year-on-year, while ship sales surged by 131.2%. Despite the uncertain global outlook due to U.S. tariff policies, analysts believe that the achievement of trade agreements will improve the export environment

Data from Saturday showed that South Korea's exports unexpectedly grew in October due to strong demand for chips and ships, despite companies remaining cautious amid the shadow cast by U.S. tariff policies on the global outlook. South Korea's exports in October increased by 3.6% year-on-year to $59.57 billion, while a survey of economists had predicted a decline of 0.2%. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea stated in a release that semiconductor exports rose by 25.4% year-on-year, an increase higher than September's 22.1%, mainly driven by strong demand for "high-bandwidth memory for servers and high-capacity, high-value-added memory chips like DDR5, which pushed prices up." Ship sales also surged by 131.2% year-on-year, while petrochemical product sales increased by 12.7% year-on-year. Analysts believe that the trade agreement finalized between Washington and Seoul, which reduced tariffs on automobiles and auto parts to 15%, has alleviated uncertainties in the trade environment, leading to a gradual improvement in exports

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