Vietnam growing as exports destination for South Korea
Thursday, January 18,2018AsemconnectVietnam - South Korea's exports to Vietnam have been growing in leaps and bounds, the size of the trade surplus for the Seoul side surpassing that with the United States, a trade body said.
Last year's data from the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) showed South Korea exported US$47.7 billion worth of products to Vietnam, accounting for 8.3 percent of the country's entire outbound shipments. The increase is notable compared with just three years ago when Vietnam-bound shipments accounted for 3.9 percent of South Korea's exports.
Vietnam is quickly catching up with the United States as the preferred export destination for South Korea, KITA's data indicated. South Korea exported $68.6 billion, or 12 percent of the total, to the U.S. last year. In terms of monetary value, shipments to Vietnam equaled 69.7 percent of that to the U.S. for that year.
Vietnam entered South Korea's top 10 export countries for the first time in 2009, starting with $7.1 billion. By 2015, it ranked No. 3 after surpassing Japan. Shipments grew 24.2 percent in 2015 and 17.5 percent in 2016. Last year, they jumped 46.3 percent.
Exports to the U.S. peaked at $70.3 billion in 2014 and have stagnated since.
The trade surplus with the Asian country has subsequently increased. After exceeding $10 billion in 2012, the surplus expanded to $20 billion in 2016 and to $31.6 billion last year, the data showed. The figure for 2017 is more than the $17.9 billion surplus with the United States.
Big name South Korean companies like Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have been setting up their production bases in Vietnam, boosting the trade volume between the two countries, trade analysts say. A bilateral free trade agreement that went into effect in December 2015 has also helped, they say.
An export products list showed semiconductors at the top with $9.2 billion, followed by flat panel displays and sensors at $7.4 billion, and mobile communication devices at $3.3 billion.
"The increase in exports to Vietnam will likely continue based on semiconductors and displays from advanced specifications of IT devices and growth in the electronics industry," Moon Byung-ki of KITA's international trade research office said. "But the local supply of raw materials is also growing, so the pace of the increase in exports may slow down," Moon said, which would require South Korean companies to develop core high value-added materials and parts.
Source: Reuters.com
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