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SKorea posts current account surplus for second straight month
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SEOUL(AFP) - - South Korea in November achieved a current account surplus for the second straight month but the figure shrank as the global economic slump dented exports, the central bank said Tuesday.
The surplus reached 2.06 billion dollars in November, down from a revised record 4.75 billion surplus the previous month, the Bank of Korea said.
In the first 11 months of this year the country posted a cumulative current account shortfall of 7.12 billion dollars.
The current account is the broadest measure of trade, service and investment flows into and out of the country. The latest surplus was likely to boost the won, which is down sharply against the dollar this year.
The goods balance posted a surplus of 994.6 million dollars in November on falling oil prices. But the figure was down from a revised 2.63 billion dollars surplus the previous month as exports fell sharply.
Customs-cleared exports declined 19 percent year-on-year in November to 29 billion dollars and imports fell 14.9 percent to 28.9 billion.
The shortfall in the service account, which includes South Korean spending on overseas trips, widened to 130 million dollars in November compared with a revised 54.8 million deficit a month earlier.
The income account, which tracks wages for foreign workers and dividend payments overseas, logged a surplus of 720.2 million dollars last month, down from 1.41 billion a month earlier.
The capital account, which tracks cross-border investments, posted a net outflow of 12.1 billion dollars in November, down from a record net outflow of 24.8 billion a month earlier.
The central bank said South Korea is expected to record a current account shortfall of 4.5 billion dollars this year, marking the first annual shortfall in 11 years, before swinging to the black in 2009.
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