Korea’s Exports Continue to Grow Noticeably

Indicating that the nation’s export items are gaining increasing popularity

Last March, Korea’s exports amounted to $58.28 billion, up 3.1% year-on-year. The export of semiconductors, the nation’s largest export product, recorded an amount close to the highest-ever March performance, while automobile exports also continued to increase, leading the export performance in March.
Semiconductor exports amounted to $13.1 billion, up 11.9% year-on-year. This is attributable to the strong demand for high value-added items such as high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and DDR5 used in the artificial intelligence (AI) and data center industries. Semiconductor exports exceeded $10 billion for nine consecutive months until January, increasing for 15 consecutive months compared to the same period last year, but turned to a decline in February.

Exports of computers ($1.2 billion, 33.1%) and wireless communication devices ($1.3 billion, 13.8%) also increased for two consecutive months, showing an increase in exports across all IT items. Display exports also increased by 2.9% to $1.5 billion, breaking the seven-month negative flows that had continued since August last year.
Automobile exports increased by 1.2% year-on-year to $6.2 billion. However, exports of electric vehicles (EVs) decreased significantly due to the global chasm (temporary stagnation in demand) for EVs; but exports of hybrid vehicles and internal combustion engine vehicles increased, leading to an increase in overall exports.
Ship exports increased by 51.6% year-on-year to $3.2 billion. This is the highest performance in 15 months since December 2023 ($3.7 billion). However, exports of steel (-10.6%) and petroleum products (-28.1%) decreased significantly.
By country, exports to China were recorded at $10.1 billion, down 4.1% year-on-year. It was analyzed that the decrease in semiconductor exports had a major impact. Exports to the United States increased by 2.3% to $11.1 billion.

 
 
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