SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s manufacturing unit output fell extra sharply than anticipated in November, authorities knowledge confirmed on Monday, amid slowing exports and weakening enterprise confidence.
The commercial output index fell 0.7% over the month on a seasonally adjusted foundation, after no change within the prior month. That in contrast with a fall of 0.4% forecast in a Reuters survey of economists.
On an annual foundation, the index was up 0.1%, in keeping with Statistics Korea, slower than good points of 6.3% the month earlier than and 0.4% anticipated by economists.
Final month, South Korea’s export progress slowed to a 14-month low, as shipments to america and China fell amid tariff uncertainty. The nation’s enterprise sentiment hit this month the weakest in additional than 4 years.
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