In the first half of this year Korea broke its historical records and reached a high deficit of US $ 6.34bn; this was especially marked for the United States with whom there was a deficit of US $ 1bn, the first deficit in nine years.
今年上半年，韓國對外貿易逆差高達六三．四億美元，打破了歷史紀錄；尤其對美國也出現十多億美元的逆差，是九年來僅見的現象。