Semiconductor exports

STO-REC-STATDT415AT1 Official
173.4 billionUSD

Korea, Republic of · 2025

Semiconductor exports in Korea, Republic of totalled 173.4 billion USD in 2025 (MOTIR).

Original source
Publisher
MOTIR
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Paragraph on semiconductor exports
Retrieved
14 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Exports of semiconductors, Korea's largest export item, rose 22.2 percent year-on-year to an all-time high of $173.4 billion, supported by solid demand from AI data centers and a sharp rise in fixed prices for memory chips.

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APA
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (Republic of Korea). (2026). Korea's Annual Exports Reach New Highs in 2025. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://english.motir.go.kr/eng/article/EATCLdfa319ada/2470/view. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_DT415ADZHTAY84YHVHRHF6HBYT
MLA
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (Republic of Korea). "Korea's Annual Exports Reach New Highs in 2025." 2026, https://english.motir.go.kr/eng/article/EATCLdfa319ada/2470/view. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_DT415ADZHTAY84YHVHRHF6HBYT.
Chicago
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (Republic of Korea). "Korea's Annual Exports Reach New Highs in 2025." 2026. https://english.motir.go.kr/eng/article/EATCLdfa319ada/2470/view. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_DT415ADZHTAY84YHVHRHF6HBYT.
BibTeX
@misc{motir2026semiconductorf6hbyt, author = {{Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (Republic of Korea)}}, title = {Korea's Annual Exports Reach New Highs in 2025}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_DT415ADZHTAY84YHVHRHF6HBYT}, note = {Original source: https://english.motir.go.kr/eng/article/EATCLdfa319ada/2470/view. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }

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Primary Source

Publisher
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (Republic of Korea) · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Korea's Annual Exports Reach New Highs in 2025
Type
Press release
Published
2 January 2026
Locator
Paragraph on semiconductor exports
Retrieved
14 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
Government open

Verification & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_DT415ADZHTAY84YHVHRHF6HBYT