S. Korea's Q2 current account surplus ranks 2nd on robust chip exports

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SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea posted the second-largest current account surplus among major economies in the second quarter, surpassing the combined surpluses of Germany and Japan, central bank data showed Sunday.

The country's current account surplus reached US$116.63 billion in the April-June period, trailing only China's $193.72 billion, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) data available on the Bank of Korea's Economic Statistics System.

Germany ranked third with a surplus of $52.28 billion, followed by Japan with $50.62 billion. Their combined surplus of $102.9 billion was $13.73 billion less than South Korea's.

It marked the first time South Korea's surplus exceeded the combined figures for Germany and Japan since comparable data for all three countries became available in the first quarter of 1996.

South Korea's surplus more than quadrupled from $28.39 billion a year earlier, far outpacing increases of 11.9 percent in Germany and 5 percent in Japan.

The sharp increase was largely driven by surging semiconductor exports amid rising chip prices and robust global demand.

According to the Ministry of Data and Statistics, South Korea's semiconductor exports soared 181.6 percent on-year to $113.89 billion in the second quarter.

In this file photo, containers are piled up at a port in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, on July 24, 2026. (Yonhap)

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首尔，10月25日（韩联社）——韩国央行周日公布的数据显示，韩国第二季度经常账户盈余在主要经济体中排名第二，超过了德国和日本盈余的总和。

根据韩国银行经济统计系统提供的国际货币基金组织（IMF）数据，韩国4月至6月期间经常账户盈余达到1166.3亿美元，仅次于中国的1937.2亿美元。

德国以522.8亿美元的顺差位列第三，日本以506.2亿美元紧随其后。两国的顺差合计为1029亿美元，比韩国少了137.3亿美元。

这是自 1996 年第一季度德国、日本和韩国三国可比数据公布以来，韩国的贸易顺差首次超过两国贸易顺差之和。

韩国的贸易顺差比上年同期的 283.9 亿美元增长了四倍多，远远超过德国 11.9% 和日本 5% 的增幅。

半导体出口大幅增长主要是由于芯片价格上涨和全球需求强劲，推动了这一增长。

据韩国数据统计部统计，韩国第二季度半导体出口额同比增长181.6%，达到1138.9亿美元。

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国际货币基金组织官员：人工智能热潮支撑韩国经济增长，即便面临全球逆风。

（第三次）韩国央行在连续两次加息后维持利率在3%不变，暗示将继续收紧货币政策。

（第二部分）韩国8月份经常账户继续保持盈余，出口稳健

韩国第二季度经常账户盈余位居第二，主要得益于强劲的芯片出口