初步数据显示,2024年5月,韩国贸易顺差为49.6亿美元,从去年同月的22.3亿美元逆差转为顺差,高于市场预期的32.5亿美元顺差,并创下2020年12月以来的最大顺差。这标志着贸易平衡连续第十二个月出现顺差,出口增加,进口下降。销售额同比增长11.7%,低于预期的14.2%,连续第八个月增长。与此同时,进口意外下降2%,与上月5.4%的增长相反,未达到市场对能源价格高企导致3.3%增长的预期。
South Korea registered a trade surplus of USD 4.96 billion in May 2024, switching from a deficit of USD 2.23 billion in the same month a year earlier, above market expectations of a USD 3.25 billion surplus, and pointing to the largest surplus since December 2020, a preliminary reading showed. It marked the twelfth straight month of surplus in the trade balance, as exports rose while imports fell. Sales rose 11.7% yoy, lower than forecasts of a 14.2% gain, the eighth consecutive month of expansion. Meanwhile, imports unexpectedly fell 2%, reversing from a 5.4% growth in the previous month, missing market expectations of a 3.3% rise due to high energy prices.