Korea’s Exporters Continuing Astounding Growth

Releasing Globally Competitive New Items

Korea’s exports have broken all-time records for the month of April, boosted by the global expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
The nation’s exports in April recorded $85.89 billion, a 48.0% increase compared to the same month last year. Imports rose by 16.7% to $62.11 billion, resulting in a surplus of $23.77 billion in trade balance. With this, Korea set a record by surpassing $80 billion in exports and $20 billion in trade balance for the first time in history.

The undisputed star contributor was semiconductors. As global investment in AI infrastructure expanded, massive demand emerged for both NAND and DRAM, causing semiconductor exports to surge by a staggering 173.5% year-on-year to reach $31.9 billion. This marks the highest monthly record for the 13th consecutive month. The computer (SSD) sector also showed growth, increasing by 515.8% due to an explosion in demand for data centers driven by the spread of AI.

Korea’s Competitive New Items Attracting Keen Attention of Potential Buyers
Korean companies are ceaselessly launching new products. Striving to achieve their export performance goals for this year, creative efforts are being made to engage in the development of competitive products.
VBody recently introduced its technology locally, as a solution capable of simultaneously achieving objective body and posture evaluation and enhanced patient communication in medical and healthcare settings. The company emphasizes that photorealistic 3D avatars and AI-based analytical metrics generated from brief capture sessions can shorten consultation times, while presenting treatment and exercise outcomes according to consistent standards.

MBLab recently introduced locally not merely a conventional Kegel device, but an AI-based personalized Pelvic Wellness Platform. The solution is structured as an intelligent pelvic floor management system that integrates measurement, analysis, personalized exercise, and feedback. It analyzes contraction, endurance, and relaxation data, incorporates a 12-item vaginal health checklist, classifies users based on AI algorithms, and automatically sets optimal exercise intensity tailored to each individual.
 
 
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Korea’s exports in June amounted to $59.8 billion, up 4.3% from the same month last year; while imports amounted to $50.72 billion, up 3.3% from the previous year.
Despite the impact of U.S. tariffs, semiconductors, a key flagship product, recorded the highest performance ever, while automobile exports also achieved the highest performance ever in June, leading overall exports.
The largest export item, semiconductors, increased 11.6% from last year to $14.97 billion (approximately KRW 20.2 trillion), rewriting the record for the highest performance ever.
Monthly semiconductor exports slightly decreased (-3%) in February, but have been increasing for four consecutive months since March, thanks to solid demand for high-value products such as high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and the upward trend in fixed prices.

Looking at exports by major country, exports to both the United States and China, the two largest export markets, showed a decrease. Exports to the United States, directly affected by the ‘Trump tariffs,’ decreased by 0.5% year-on-year to $11.24 billion, and exports to China also decreased by 2.7% to $10.42 billion.
Korean exporters continued to actively challenge overseas markets in order to gradually increase their export growth in the second quarter of this year.
And Korean companies armed with solid technological depth and vigorously targeting potential new markets are strategically developing and releasing competitive new items, which are expected to capture keen attention in global markets through various routes.

 
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