South Korea's exports in the first 10 days of November rose to $33.5bln, up
111.9% YoY, the Korea Customs Service said in preliminary data on Wednesday. The
result is a record for early-November 10-day periods and the second-highest for
any 10-day window after early September's $35.1bln. The period included 7.5
working days versus 7 a year earlier; workday-adjusted daily exports climbed
97.7% YoY to $4.46bln. Year-to-date exports reached $963.7bln; at the current
daily pace South Korea could exceed $1.0tln around Nov. 20. Semiconductor
exports jumped 331.2% YoY to $16.6bln, the largest gain and a period record
among major categories.
