South Korea's exports may historically approach Japan this year, and the gap between the two countries has narrowed to less than 30 billion US dollars. This breakthrough has raised high expectations in the Korean industry to level up or even surpass Japan for the first time. According to the “Korea Times” report on December 7, according to statistics from the Korea International Trade Association, South Korea's total exports from January to October this year were 579.1 billion US dollars, and Japan was 606.1 billion US dollars. The gap was drastically reduced from the gap for the full year of 2024, and was the lowest level on record. The report said that South Korea briefly reduced the export gap with Japan to 3.2 billion US dollars in the first half of 2024, but due to international market fluctuations in the second half of the year, the gap widened again. As semiconductor prices and orders have picked up since this year, South Korea's exports have once again rebounded strongly.

South Korea's exports may historically approach Japan this year, and the gap between the two countries has narrowed to less than 30 billion US dollars. This breakthrough has raised high expectations in the Korean industry to level up or even surpass Japan for the first time. According to the “Korea Times” report on December 7, according to statistics from the Korea International Trade Association, South Korea's total exports from January to October this year were 579.1 billion US dollars, and Japan was 606.1 billion US dollars. The gap was drastically reduced from the gap for the full year of 2024, and was the lowest level on record. The report said that South Korea briefly reduced the export gap with Japan to 3.2 billion US dollars in the first half of 2024, but due to international market fluctuations in the second half of the year, the gap widened again. As semiconductor prices and orders have picked up since this year, South Korea's exports have once again rebounded strongly.