SEOUL : South Korea's exports fell more than expected in June and extended their downturn to a ninth straight month, while the trade balance swung to a surplus for the first time since early last year.Overseas sales by Asia's fourth-largest economy fell 6.0 per cent year-on-year to $54.24 billion in June,
SEOUL : South Korea's exports fell more than expected in June and extended their downturn to a ninth straight month, while the trade balance swung to a surplus for the first time since early last year.
Overseas sales by Asia's fourth-largest economy fell 6.0 per cent year-on-year to $54.24 billion in June, after a 15.2 per cent drop in May, trade ministry data showed on Saturday. It was worse than a 3.0 per cent decline tipped in a Reuters survey, but still the second-smallest percentage loss for the ongoing downturn that began in October.
Imports fell 11.7 per cent to $53.11 billion, compared with a loss of 14.0 per cent in the previous month and an 11.0 per cent decline expected by economists. As a result, the country posted a trade surplus of $1.13 billion in June, after 15 straight months of the export-reliant economy suffering trade deficits.
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