South Korea's trade surplus reached 41.2 billion U.S. dollars last year

 16, according to according to Customs Service South Korea's import and export volume in 2010 was 425.2 billion U.S. dollars and 466.4 billion U.S. dollars, breaking the scale of the 2009 surplus reached 41 billion U.S. dollars recorded, ranked seventh in the world are expected.

Customs Service official said South Korea's exports in 2001 was only 150.4 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of just 10 years more than 2 times.

exports, semiconductor exports have been strong, with a total export value up 51.5 billion, topped the list in various products. Followed by the ship (471 billion U.S. dollars), plasma display panel (269 billion), auto parts (117 million).

the import side, oil and other raw materials (34.1%), capital goods (29.8%), consumer goods (23.9%), and a substantial increase in imports, an increase of 31.6%, total imports reached 425.2 billion U.S. dollars.