Semiconductors Lead Korea’s Exports

Exporters Acively Pursuing Promising New Markets

According to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), last month’s exports amounted to $57.27 billion.
By item, semiconductor exports recorded the highest-ever performance in May at $13.8 billion (+21.2%). Amidst continued solid demand for high-value memory products such as high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and DDR5, fixed prices also showed an upward trend, continuing the trend of positive semiconductor export growth.
The prices of DDR4, DDR5, and NAND continued to rise compared to the previous month. In addition, the demand for high-value memory products such as HBM for AI servers continues to increase. It is expected that semiconductor export trends will remain positive for the time being, as demand companies continue to secure inventory in anticipation of rising memory semiconductor prices.
Wireless communication device exports recorded $1.3 billion, up 3.9%, while smartphone exports (US$420 million, +30.0%) showed good performance. Exports of wireless communication devices increased for the fourth consecutive month.

Exports of computers (including SSDs) turned positive, recording $1.1 billion, up 2.3%. “Exports increased mainly in the category of high-capacity SSDs for servers due to the expansion of investment in AI infrastructure,” explained a spokesperson for MOTIE.
Promising Korean exporters continued to actively challenge overseas markets in order to gradually increase their export growth in the second quarter of this year.
As part of such efforts, Korean exporters are strategically developing and releasing competitive new items, which are expected to capture keen attention in global markets.

RhinOS, a robot specialist, recently unveiled five types of AI-based cleaning robots. MEDIIMG, a company specializing in hemodynamics and AI, recently unveiled its 3D color MRA reading system, ‘NeuFlow,’ at a local exhibition.
O-Sung Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. introduced the ‘OSS-ATCB,’ a low-voltage automatic transfer circuit breaker that combines an air-circuit breaker (ACB) and an automatic transfer switch (ATS), which were previously used separately in the electric power industry – at the 2025 International Electric Power Exhibition (EPTK) held at COEX in Seoul.

  
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