Shipping containers are stacked at a pier in Busan, South Korea, 01 July 2026. South Korea’s monthly exports surged 70.9 percent year on year to 102.25 billion US dollars in June, surpassing the 100 billion US dollars mark for the first time, driven by record semiconductor exports, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources. Photo by YONHAP / EPA
July 1 (Asia Today) -- South Korea's monthly exports surpassed $100 billion for the first time in June as surging demand for artificial intelligence chips helped the country set new records for semiconductor shipments and its trade surplus.
Exports rose 70.9% from a year earlier to $102.25 billion, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources said Wednesday.
The total exceeded the previous monthly record of $87.75 billion set in May. Average daily exports, adjusted for the number of working days, also reached a record $4.54 billion.
South Korea became the fourth country after Germany, China and the United States to record more than $100 billion in exports in a single month.
