Kairos Reports
Menu
News South Korea Business & Economy 3 publications 1 min read

Exports double in 1st 20 days of October

Yonhap News's headline. Reported by Yonhap News, Yonhap News, The Korea Herald, The Korea Times.

File picture: Tim Reckmann from Hamm, Deutschland via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

What the sources say, in brief

According to The Korea Times and The Korea Herald, South Korea's exports more than doubled from a year earlier in the first 10 days of October, with outbound shipments reaching $26.1 billion in the Oct. 1-10 period, based on Korea Customs Service data released Monday. The Korea Times reported that imports rose 65.5 percent year on year to $22.3 billion. Yonhap News reported the same export growth, dated Oct. 12 from Seoul, and linked it to chips. The excerpts supplied are partial, so further detail on the figures is limited to what is quoted here.

Key points

  • The Korea Times and The Korea Herald report that exports more than doubled from a year earlier in the first 10 days of October.
  • Outbound shipments reached $26.1 billion in the Oct. 1-10 period, according to Korea Customs Service data, the Korea Times reported.
  • The Korea Times reported that imports rose 65.5 percent year on year to $22.3 billion.
  • Yonhap News attributed the export growth to chips in its report datelined Seoul, Oct. 12.

What we know

  • South Korea's exports more than doubled from a year earlier in the first 10 days of October, per The Korea Times and The Korea Herald.
  • Outbound shipments reached $26.1 billion in the Oct. 1-10 period, according to Korea Customs Service data.
  • Imports rose 65.5 percent year on year to $22.3 billion, the Korea Times reported.

Generated from the headlines and excerpts below and checked automatically: any number or name not present in the sources rejects the summary, and each bullet is checked the same way. Version 1.

Who is covering it

  1. Yonhap News South Korea Exports double in 1st 20 days of October SEJONG, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports more than doubled during the f... 21 Oct · Tier 2
  2. Yonhap News South Korea (LEAD) Exports double in 1st 20 days of October on robust chip shipments SEJONG, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports more than doubled during the f... 21 Oct · Tier 2
  3. The Korea Herald South Korea Exports double in first 10 days of October South Korea's exports more than doubled from a year earlier during the first 10 days of October, customs data showed Monday. Outbound shipments reached $26.1 billion in the Oct. 1-10 period, according to the data from the Korea Customs Service. Imports went up 65.5 percent on-year to $22.3 billion o 12 Oct · Tier 3
  4. The Korea Times South Korea Exports double in 1st 20 days of October Korea's exports more than doubled during the first 20 days of October, customs data showed Wednesday. Outbound shipments reached $61.6 billion in the Oct. 1-20 period, according to the data from the Korea Customs Service. Imports went up 42.8 percent on-year to $47.1 billion over the cited period, r 21 Oct · Tier 3

Headlines and excerpts are the publishers' own, shown under quotation for review and linked to the originals.

More from Business

File picture: Wang Guansen for Xinhua, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Business · Trade 2 publications

CAR Tightens Border Checks As DR Congo Ebola Cases Rise

With the vast majority of the 10,000 cases recorded to date in Africa's latest outbreak of the deadly virus having been logged in the DRC, officials in the Centrafrican capital Bangui are worried about the disease spilling over the Oubangui river dividing the two nations. Excerpt, Channels Television

Source Channels Television also Africanews