South Korea’s export rose for the first 20 days of this month due to more working days, customs office data showed Thursday.
Outbound shipment gained 9.8 percent from a year earlier to 35.96 billion U.S. dollars in the Sept. 1-20 period, according to Korea Customs Service.
The increase was attributed to more business days.
The export kept sliding for the 11th consecutive month through August on weaker global demand for locally-made products, especially semiconductors.
Import fell 1.5 percent to 36.45 billion dollars in the 20-day period, sending the trade deficit to 490 million dollars.—Xinhua
