South Korea's exports jumped four-and-a-half percent on-year in November on the back of bumper shipments of memory chips and petrochemical products.
Data from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy shows exports amounted to slightly more than 51-point-9 billion U.S. dollars last month.
Imports soared 11-point-4 percent to around 46-point-8 billion dollars.
South Korea's trade surplus for November was 5-point-1-4 billion dollars.