Exports rose by over 20 percent on-year in the first ten days of December. 

According to tentative data from the Korea Customs Service on Monday, the country’s outbound shipments stood at 19-point-five billion U.S. dollars in the cited period, up 20-point-four percent from a year earlier. 

Average daily exports also grew by 20-point-four percent, with the number of working days at eight-point-five, unchanged from last year. 

Shipments of semiconductors and petroleum products rose 26-point-five percent and 90-point-seven percent, respectively, while auto exports fell six-point-two percent.

Exports to China rose 24-point-nine percent, while those to the United States grew 18-point-three percent.

Imports increased 42-point-three percent on-year to 22 billion dollars during the cited period.