S. Korea's C/A surplus tops $84 bn by Nov, but black narrows on faster imports gain
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According to the Bank of Korea Tuesday, the country’s current surplus stood at $7.16 billion in November, keeping the surplus streak for the 19th month in a row since May 2020. The surplus was reduced by $2.02 billion from a surplus of $9.18 billion a year earlier.
During the January-November period, the country posted a cumulative account surplus of $84.23 billion.
The goods account recorded a surplus of $5.95 billion, down $4 billion from a year ago due to stronger increase in imports driven by high crude oil and raw material prices. While exports increased by 27.1 percent to $59.65 billion, imports jumped 45.3 percent to $53.7 billion.
This was largely due to the 72.9 percent on-year increase in raw material prices with crude oil prices rising by 127.8 percent.
The service account registered a deficit of $140 million in November, a $840 million decrease in deficit compared to November’s deficit of $980 million from a year earlier.
The travel account, however, recorded a deficit of $490 million in November, greater than $450 million from the same month a year ago.
The primary income account, which includes wages of foreign workers and dividend payments overseas, registered a $1.49 billion surplus in November, up $1.01 billion from a year earlier. Dividend payments rose from $1.43 billion to $2.38 billion in a year, largely due to a turnaround in dividend income account from a $430 million deficit to a $670 million surplus.
Net assets in financial account increased by $6.54 billion in November.
Direct overseas investment by Koreans increased by $5.35 billion but foreigners’ domestic investment decreased by $970 million. Foreign securities investments by Koreans added $6.55 billion and domestic securities investments by foreigners added $2.95 billion
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