Semiconductor exports increased from a month ago. There is strength in the fact that he will hit rock bottom in the second quarter and rise.
According to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on the 2nd, semiconductor exports last month increased tentatively at $7.37 billion. It decreased by 36.2% from a year ago, but increased from April (6.38 billion dollars). Compared to the 41% decline in April semiconductor exports over the past year, the rate of decline has been reduced.
It is interpreted as a sign that the semiconductor industry will recover in the second half of the year after going through the worst.
Lim Hye-yoon, a researcher at Hanwha Investment & Securities, said, “The unit price and volume of semiconductor exports increased in May compared to the previous month,” and “the semiconductor industry has passed the worst .” He also analyzed, “As semiconductor exports revive, there is a high possibility that the export economy is going through the bottom.”
As domestic memory semiconductor companies are also cutting production, they expect the industry to recover in the second half. Considering the time difference between input and production of semiconductor silicon disks (wafers), it generally takes more than three months to produce the effect of production reduction.
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