S. Korea's export falls in October on fewer business days

People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus visit the Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. - AP

SEOUL, Nov 1 (Xinhua): South Korea's export fell in October on fewer business days, after logging the first rebound in seven months in September, a government report showed Sunday.

Export, which accounts for about half of the export-driven economy, shrank 3.6 percent from a year earlier to 44.98 billion U.S. dollars in October, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.