New decade, old problems as South Korea slides, China hopes darken — Panjiva
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New decade, old problems as South Korea slides, China hopes darken

Business Sentiment 220 China 3053 Info Tech - Tech Hardware 866 Japan 631 South Korea 605 Trade Balance 935

South Korean international trade activity fell by 6.2% year over year in January, marking the 13th drop out of the past 14 months. That’s partly down to the earlier lunar new year which may have cut industrial capacity by as much as 10%. All but one of the major sectors tracked by Panjiva dropped with consumer electronics particularly weak with a 52.3% slide in exports of phones and a 26.8% slump in shipments of televisions, marking particularly poor news for Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics. At least the drop in semiconductor exports has slowed to 3.4% in January from 27....

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