SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's export of the information and communications technology (ICT) products kept falling for the fifth consecutive month through November, government data showed Wednesday.
The ICT products shipment decreased 22.5 percent over the year to 16.66 billion U.S. dollars in November, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
Global demand for locally-made tech products weakened amid rising worry about global economic downturn.
Semiconductor export dropped 28.4 percent to 8.66 billion dollars last month due to lower prices for memory chips. Display panel shipment retreated 17.3 percent to 2.01 billion dollars, and mobile devices export shrank 6.2 percent to 1.38 billion dollars in November.
The ICT products export to Vietnam, the United States, the European Union and Japan all diminished in double digits to 3.0 billion dollars, 1.84 billion dollars, 960 million dollars and 310 million dollars respectively.
Import for ICT products rose 0.6 percent from a year earlier to 12.84 billion dollars in November, keeping an upward trend for the 30th straight month on the back of the local currency's depreciation to the greenback.
Trade surplus in the ICT sector came to 3.82 billion dollars in November, down from a surplus of 8.72 billion dollars tallied in the same month of last year. ■
