Korea's exports jumped 36.7 percent from a year earlier in the first 10 days of April, driven by strong overseas demand for semiconductors, data showed Monday.
SK Innovation E&S has completed its first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Barossa gas field off the northern coast of Australia, marking the start of full-scale production.
Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen's port city of Mukalla on Tuesday after a weapons shipment from the United Arab Emirates arrived for separatist forces in the war-torn country, and warned that it viewed Emirati actions as “extremely dangerous.”
Korea's exports went up 3.8 percent from a year earlier in the first 10 days of September on solid demand for semiconductors and vessels, data showed Thursday. Outbound shipments reached $19.2 billion in the Sept. 1 to 10 period.
A U.S. tariff exemption for low-value imports is set to end this week as U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month to suspend the "de minimis" rule for shipments worth $800 or less.
Korea's steel exports to the United States tumbled 26 percent in July from a year earlier, hit by Washington's doubled tariffs, a trade association said Sunday.
Korea's exports to the US surpassed those to China in 2023. Total exports fell 7.4 percent due to chip performance and global economic uncertainties, while solid automobile exports and semiconductor recovery countered some losses.
Outbound shipments reached $33.79 billion in the Nov. 1 to Monday period, compared with $33.07 billion tallied a year earlier, according to the Korea Customs Service data.
Korea's exports rose 3.2 percent on-year in the first 10 days of November, data showed Wednesday.
Shipments are returning to normal after a trucker strike ended Wednesday with a possible extension of measures that support cargo rates.
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