What share of South Korea’s third-quarter exports came from its top 10 exporters?

The top 10 companies accounted for 60.9 percent of total exports in July-September, compared with 40.5 percent in the same period a year earlier. The top 100 exporters accounted for 79.4 percent, up from 67.9 percent.

How much did South Korea’s semiconductor-related electronics exports increase in the third quarter?

Exports by the electronics industry, including chips, rose 143.6 percent year on year to $206 billion. The article attributed the broader rise in export concentration to strong demand for semiconductors and other technology products.

Top 10 firms take up over 60% of Korea's exports in Q3 amid chip boom

Q: How did South Korean export growth differ by company size in the third quarter?

Conglomerate exports more than doubled to $248.6 billion. Exports by medium-sized companies rose 12.8 percent to $36.9 billion, while small enterprises recorded a 10.7 percent increase to $32.7 billion.

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Summary

Korea’s top 10 exporters accounted for 60.9 percent of total exports in the third quarter, up from 40.5 percent a year earlier, as demand for semiconductors and other technology products strengthened. Total exports reached $318.6 billion, a 72.3 percent year-on-year increase. Electronics exports, including chips, surged 143.6 percent to $206 billion.

Key Facts

The top 100 exporters accounted for 79.4 percent of exports in July-September, compared with 67.9 percent a year earlier.
Conglomerate exports more than doubled to $248.6 billion, while medium-sized companies’ exports rose 12.8 percent to $36.9 billion.
Small enterprises’ exports increased 10.7 percent to $32.7 billion.
Mining and manufacturing exports climbed 82.8 percent to $291.5 billion, while wholesale and retail exports rose 5.1 percent to $20 billion.

By Yonhap

Published Nov 10, 2026 12:18 pm KST

Containers are stacked at a port in Busan, July 24. Korea Times file

The share of Korea's top 10 exporters in the country's total outbound shipments rose sharply in the third quarter from a year earlier, data showed Tuesday, driven by strong demand for semiconductors and other technology products.

Exports by the top 10 companies accounted for 60.9 percent of total exports in the July-September period, up from 40.5 percent a year earlier, according to data compiled by the Ministry of Data and Statistics.

The country's top 100 exporters accounted for 79.4 percent of total exports in the third quarter, up from 67.9 percent a year earlier.

Korea's total exports came to $318.6 billion in the third quarter, an increase of 72.3 percent on-year.

By company size, exports by conglomerates more than doubled to $248.6 billion, while those by medium-sized companies rose 12.8 percent to $36.9 billion.

Exports by small enterprises also gained a solid 10.7 percent to $32.7 billion.

By industry, exports by the mining and manufacturing sector surged 82.8 percent to $291.5 billion.

Within the sector, the electronics industry, including chips, saw its exports soar 143.6 percent to $206 billion.

Exports by the wholesale and retail sector rose 5.1 percent to $20 billion.

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