Seoul: South Korea’s exports rose for the first time in more than a year on semiconductor sales, an increase that may be short-lived as the coronavirus outbreak takes its toll on world trade.
Exports increased 4.5% in February from a year earlier, the trade ministry said Sunday. Economists had forecast a 2.8% gain.
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