Exports in July increased by 13.9% to $57.49 billion…Continued growth for 10 consecutive months.

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, ‘ Last month, our exports increased by nearly 14% compared to a year ago, continuing the growth trend for ten consecutive months, thanks to the strong performance of IT export items.’,
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, ‘ The export value of semiconductor, a key export item, continued to show a growth trend of over 50% this month.’,
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, ‘ This is reported by journalist Lee Seung-hoon.’,
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, ‘ Our export value last month was 57.49 billion dollars.’,
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, ‘ It increased by 13.9% compared to July of last year.’,
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, ‘ Exports have been on the rise for ten months since October last year.’,
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, ‘ The strong performance of exports is primarily driven by the improvement in the IT sector, the main item of exports.’,
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, ‘ Semiconductor exports reached 11.2 billion dollars this month, a growth of over 50% compared to July last year, marking a nine-month consecutive growth.’,
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, ‘ Other IT items such as computers and wireless communication devices also maintained a significant upward trend.’,
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, ‘ [Choi Woo-seok/ Director of the Trade and Investment Division at the Ministry of Industry: “With the expansion of demand in forward industries such as AI servers and mobile, the export growth trend of high value-added products like HBM and DDR5 continues…”]’,
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, ‘ General machinery set a record high in exports at 4.9 billion dollars as of July, and the petroleum and petrochemical sectors also showed double-digit export growth rates.’,
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, ‘ In terms of regions, exports to China and the United States stood out.’,
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, ‘ Exports to China reached 11.4 billion dollars, an increase of nearly 15% compared to July last year, marking the highest performance in the past 21 months.’,
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, ‘ Exports to the United States also reached 10.2 billion dollars, a 9.3% increase and the highest level in July history.’,
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, ‘ Imports last month amounted to 53.88 billion dollars, an increase of 10.5%.’,
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, ‘ The increase was largely influenced by the 12% growth in energy imports such as oil and gas.’,
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, ‘ The trade surplus recorded a surplus of 3.6 billion dollars, maintaining a surplus for the 14th consecutive month.’,
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, ‘ This is KBS News reporter Lee Seung-hoon.’,
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, ‘ Camera: Kim Hyun-tae / Video Editing: Kim Eun-joo’,
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