On November 5, the Bank of Korea released data showing that South Korea's current account surplus reached 61.46 billion US dollars in September, a sharp increase from 46.11 billion US dollars last month, a record high in a single month, exceeding the previous record of 49.73 billion US dollars set in June this year. Driven by strong semiconductor exports, the commodity trade surplus reached US$62.75 billion in September. Exports increased 92.4% year on year to US$13.72 billion, and imports increased 29.4% year on year to US$67.97 billion.

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