Data from the Korea Customs Service suggests the country's exports could fall for the eighth month in a row after dropping 14 percent on-year in the first 20 days of July.<br />Chip exports, which account for almost a fifth of South Korea's total shipments, slumped 30 percent... and petrochemical goods exports were down more than 15 percent.<br />Shipments to China and the EU fell by double digits, and exports to the U.S. dropped five percent.<br />Another report by Seoul's trade ministry shows outbound shipments of ICT goods plunged over 22 percent on-year to 14-point-eight billion U.S. dollars in June.<br />Exports of semiconductors plummeted 25 percent on falling global demand.<br />
