Urgent.. South Korea’s exports exceed the annual record. South Korea’s exports reached $709.4 billion since the beginning of the current year, surpassing the country’s full-year annual record recorded in 2025, amid growing global demand for AI chips that is pushing semiconductor shipments to unprecedented levels, according to Reuters on Saturday.
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This latest figure exceeded the export volume of $709.3 billion recorded throughout the previous year, which in turn had achieved an annual record for the second consecutive time.
South Korea is now tracking toward a path that would enable it to reach $1 trillion in annual exports at the beginning of December, according to the Korea Customs Service. And surpassing this threshold would make the country the fourth to achieve this milestone after the United States, China, and Germany.
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This latest figure exceeded the export volume of $709.3 billion recorded throughout the previous year, which in turn had achieved an annual record for the second consecutive time.
South Korea is now tracking toward a path that would enable it to reach $1 trillion in annual exports at the beginning of December, according to the Korea Customs Service. And surpassing this threshold would make the country the fourth to achieve this milestone after the United States, China, and Germany.