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Export orders in Korea decreased in August, manufacturing costs in Japan rose, and Chinese factories in all three countries contracted together. The Korean manufacturing industry saw a decline in export orders in August, cost pressures increased on the Japanese manufacturing industry, and factory activity in all three countries, including China, contracted simultaneously. Market research firm Tr..

No recovery in the second half, 25% decrease in exports to China in July, 34% decrease in semiconductor exports In July, exports fell more sharply than expected, and semiconductors plunged 36% YoY, making it impossible to recover growth in the second half. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's semiconductor export statistics for July declined 33.6%, worsening from the previous month's 28...

Current account deficit $4.4 billion Manufacturing employment 100,000 youth 137,000 decrease The current account deficit of 4.46 billion dollars in the first quarter worsened the deformed economic structure in which the number of employed in manufacturing decreased by 97,000 and increased by 440,000 only among those in their 60s. The Bank of Korea's current account deficit of $4.46 billion in th..

Deputy Minister of Finance of China, Deputy Minister of People's Bank of China, Dispatch of Finance Ministers' Meeting China avoided ministerial-level attendance by sending an assistant finance minister and a PBOC reviewer to the Korea-China-Japan finance ministers' meeting. South Korea's trade deficit with China in April was $2.27 billion, which is close to the overall trade deficit of $2.62 bi..

Semiconductor production plunged 17.1% in February, the largest decline in semiconductor production since December 2008 (-18.1%) during the financial crisis, and Samsung Electronics' operating profit in the first quarter was expected to drop by 89%. According to the data from the National Statistical Office for February, the mining industry (11.9%) increased from a decrease in manufacturing (-3...

The trade deficit doubled year-on-year in 40 days this year to reach $17.6 billion, while semiconductor exports plummeted by 40%, revealing the limits of high-price and low-growth economic policies caused by negligence in neighboring countries. The Korea Customs Service's trade balance from February 1 to 10 was $4.971 billion, and the trade deficit for 40 days from January 1 this year was $17.62..

As the export growth rate plummeted, the trade deficit is projected to reach US$48 billion this year. According to government statistics, the cumulative trade deficit until September was $28.88 billion, and in September, exports increased by 2.8% (year-on-year) to $57.46 billion, and imports increased by 18.6% to $61.23 billion in trade deficit. is $3.77 billion (about 5,421.3 billion won). In S..

In the US-China semiconductor war, Korea's semiconductor exports to China have surged, and the dollar payments are stiff. The surge in semiconductor exports from South Korea, which depended on China's strategy to destroy the semiconductor inventory cycle due to tightening sanctions on Huawei, initiated by the Trump administration, seems to be a boost before China's inventory is secured. The shar..