New Bank of Korea data shows South Korea's export volume continued to rise for the sixth straight month.

The tentative index measuring export volume rose four-point-nine percent year-on-year to 142-point-01 in April.

It has gone up every month since November.

On Thursday, Bank of Korea Governor Lee Ju-yeol said the central bank could raise the growth outlook for this year, and mentioned brisk exports as key to economic revival.

Also in April, semiconductor and display-related products led growth in outbound shipments.