On average per working day, exports fell 14.9%. There were
two more working days than a year before, due to the timing
difference in Lunar New Year holidays.
(Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
SEOUL, Feb 21 (Reuters) - South Korea's exports for the
first 20 days of February fell 2.3% from the same period a year
before, customs agency data showed on Tuesday.
The country's imports rose 9.3%, however, bringing the trade
balance for the period to a deficit of $5.99 billion.
By destination, shipments to China dropped 22.7%,
outweighing 29.3% and 18.0% gains for U.S. and EU-bound
shipments, respectively. By product, semiconductor sales fell
43.9%, although cars rose 56.6%.
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