Export of hydrogen fluoride to South Korea decreased by more than 80% July Trade Statistics Aug 29 12:09
According to the July trade statistics released by the Ministry of Finance, among the raw materials such as semiconductors that the government has stricter export control to Korea, the export volume of “hydrogen fluoride” to South Korea is 80% compared to the previous month. It was a significant decrease of more than%.
On the 4th of last month, the government tightened export control of three raw materials such as semiconductors to Korea.
According to the last month's trade statistics released by the Ministry of Finance, the export volume of “hydrogen fluoride” including “high-purity hydrogen fluoride” used to clean semiconductor substrates to South Korea is approximately 479 It was a ton.
Compared to the previous month, it was over 2450 tons, a significant decrease of 83.7%.
In terms of export value, “hydrogen fluoride” for South Korea was about 400 million yen last month, a decrease of about 190 million yen compared to the previous month. The rate is a 32.6% decrease.
The Treasury official said, “I am sure the export volume is decreasing sharply, but the reason is not clear from the statistics.”
On the other hand, “resist” and “fluorinated polyimide”, which are similarly stricter in export control to Korea, are aggregated into multiple items, so the export volume cannot be grasped by trade statistics.