Exports up 36.7% during first 10 days of April on robust chip demand

South Korea's exports jumped 36.7 percent from a year earlier in the first 10 days of April, driven by strong overseas demand for semiconductors, data showed Monday. Outbound shipments reached $25.2 billion in the April 1-10 period, compared with $18.4 billion tallied in the same period last year, according to the data from the Korea Customs Service. It marked the country's highest exports ever recorded for the first 10 days of a month, surpassing the previous record of $21.7 billion set in the

By The Korea Herald