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Korea's exports, which had been declining due to Corona 19, rebounded after 7 months.
It is thanks to flagship items such as semiconductors and automobiles, but the external situation is still uncertain, so it is early to be relieved.
Reporter Deok-ki Yoo reports.
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Exports last month were 48.05 billion dollars, up 7.7% from the same period last year.
In the aftermath of Corona 19, trade disputes between the US and China, and low oil prices, exports have been negative since March, but rebounded after 7 months.
A two-digit increase in automobile exports, which had been cut in half amid the booming semiconductor industry, was a major success.
Home appliances, bio-health, and computers performed well, but ships, displays, and petroleum products were still sluggish.
It was only 23 months that the four major markets of China, the US, the EU and ASEAN all recorded positives.
Compared to the long-term sluggish periods such as the IT bubble in 2001 and the financial crisis in 2009, it is positive that the company turned positive in a relatively short period of time.
However, I also benefited from the fact that there were more working days than last September when the Chuseok holiday was held.
Excluding the effect of working days, the average export value decreased by 4%.
Although the rebound was successful, the environment surrounding exports remains uncertain.
[Ha Jun-kyung / Professor of Economics at Hanyang University: The uncertainty of the trade conflict between the US and China still remains, and depending on what happens in winter, the domestic demand of other countries may be affected.]
Continued spread of Corona 19, The U.S.-China conflict, including Huawei sanctions, is expected to be a major variable for exports in the fourth quarter.
(Video editing: Kim Sun-tak, CG: Seo Hyun-joong, Choi Hae-neul, and Uhm So-min)