国产精品99一区二区三_免费中文日韩_国产在线精品一区二区_日本成人手机在线

S. Korea posts trade surplus for 87 months through April

Source: Xinhua| 2019-05-15 14:01:05|Editor: ZX
Video PlayerClose

SEOUL, May 15 (Xinhua) -- South Korea posted trade surplus for 87 months through April despite the fall in export, customs office data showed Wednesday.

Trade surplus amounted to 4 billion U.S. dollars in April, staying in the black since February 2012, according to the Korea Customs Service.

Export, which accounts for about half of the export-driven economy, fell 2 percent from a year earlier to 48.8 billion U.S. dollars in April, while import grew 2.6 percent to 44.8 billion U.S. dollars.

The export reduction was slower than an 8.3 percent decline in the previous month.

During the January-April period, export shrank 6.9 percent to 181.5 billion U.S. dollars compared with the same period of last year. Import slipped 4.5 percent to 168.3 billion U.S. dollars, sending the trade surplus to 13.2 billion U.S. dollars.

In April alone, semiconductor shipment tumbled 12.7 percent on the downturn of business cycle in the global chip industry. Export for oil products and auto parts reduced last month.

Ship export surged 56.7 percent last month, with shipment of telecommunication devices such as smartphone rising 46.5 percent. Car export gained 6 percent, and electronic products product advanced 24.7 percent in the month.

Export to China, South Korea's biggest trading partner, shed 4.5 percent in April from a year earlier, with shipments to the European Union, Japan and the Middle East skidding in the month.

Those to the United States and Vietnam added 3.9 percent and 12.7 percent respectively.

TOP STORIES
EDITOR’S CHOICE
MOST VIEWED
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011100001380603561
主站蜘蛛池模板: 永泰县| 改则县| 揭西县| 吉水县| 吴旗县| 从化市| 广宁县| 平和县| 小金县| 湖北省| 东山县| 元朗区| 贵港市| 库伦旗| 八宿县| 天长市| 疏勒县| 中江县| 泊头市| 贵阳市| 那曲县| 香港| 仪征市| 清徐县| 桐乡市| 山东省| 平武县| 武陟县| 射洪县| 武冈市| 佛坪县| 贵阳市| 安远县| 连江县| 凤山市| 施秉县| 东至县| 图们市| 报价| 仁怀市| 堆龙德庆县|