반도체 수출 둔화•경쟁 심화로 2월 ICT 수출 네달째 감소<br /><br />Things are not looking so good for the country's exporting sector... as South Korea's exports of Information and Communications Technology products have continued to fall since November of last year.<br />KIM Da-mi explains. <br />South Korea's exports of ICT products declined once again in February,...mainly due to sluggish overseas sales of semiconductors.<br />According to the data by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, a total of 12.7 billion U.S. dollars worth of ICT products were exported overseas last month,...down 19 percent from a year earlier. <br />This is the fourth month in a row that ICT exports have fallen. <br />By item, the country's main export, semiconductors, slipped by around 25 percent on-year,...caused by falling global prices and lower demand for system semiconductors.<br />Heated global competition against other exporters including China has led to a decline in exports of displays,... especially LCD panels. <br />Exports of OLED panels, on the other hand, jumped by around 8 percent on-year.<br />Although overseas sales of mobile handsets and related parts plunged by around 13 percent last month, exports of finished mobile phones increased,...thanks to premium phones released early this year. <br />By region, ICT exports to China, including Hong Kong, dropped around 30 percent,... whereas sales to the U.S. increased by 21 percent. <br />KIM Da-mi, Arirang News.