🇰🇷South Korea’s October semiconductor exports reached $56.4 billion, increasing 259% year over year as total exports hit $115.3 billion.

Financial_Express reports that South Korea’s October semiconductor exports reached $56.4 billion, up 259% from a year earlier. The message attributes the figures to a news release from South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources.

Total October exports reached a reported record of $115.3 billion, increasing 93.7% year over year. The report identifies a surge in chip shipments as a driver of the overall export increase.

These figures measure export value, not the number of chips shipped or manufacturing capacity. The supplied text does not break semiconductor exports down by memory, processors, AI accelerators, destination, or company, so an AI-specific contribution cannot be quantified.