Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Korea's exports gain 15.6% in first half of 2022

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on July 1 that Korea’s exports in the first half of 2022 increased 15.6 percent, reaching USD 350.3 billion. Imports went up 26.2 percent to $360.6 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of $10.3 billion. For the month of June, Korea’s exports amounted to $57.7 billion, expanding 5.4 percent from last year. Imports jumped 19.4 percent to $60.2 billion. The trade balance stood at a deficit of $2.5 billion. Exports hit the highest date2022-07-01

Minister Lee visits Poland to further nuclear and energy cooperation

Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Lee Chang-yang visited Poland on June 30 to discuss nuclear power, defense and high-tech bilateral collaboration with Anna Moskwa, Minister of Climate and Environment and Ryszard Terlecki, the Parliamentary Caucus Head of the Law and Justice party. Minister Lee’s Poland visit is on the heels of President Yoon’s June 29 visit and promotion of South Korea’s nuclear power development capacity. Minister Lee’s visit was accompanied by the D date2022-07-01

Minister Lee visits Poland to further nuclear and energy cooperation

Trade Minister Lee Chang-yang visited Poland through June 30 to July 1 to discuss Korea-Poland nuclear cooperation with various counterparts on the occasion of Korean Nuclear and High-Tech Day 2022 and bilateral nuclear cooperation MOU signing ceremony both held at the Sheraton Warsaw Hotel on June 30.   Minister Lee met with Anna Moskwa, Poland’s Minister of Climate and Environment and discussed defense and high-tech, including EVs, hydrogen, battery and CCUS (carbon capture, utili date2022-07-01

MOTIE holds World Class 300 Project Merit Award 2022

Trade, Industry and Energy 1st Vice Minister Jang Young-jin attended the World Class 300 Project Merit Award 2022 at the Four Seasons Hotel Seoul on June 29 to award certificates of merit to companies selected for World-Class 300.   In his congratulatory remarks, Vice Minister Jang stated that the World-Class Companies should be at the helm of growth in jobs and exports for other middle-market enterprises to follow. To this end, he assured that “the Government will bolster efforts t date2022-06-30

34th Business Reorganization Plan Deliberative Committee Meeting

Trade, Industry and Energy 1st Vice Minister Jang Young-jin presided the 34th Business Reorganization Plan Deliberative Committee Meeting at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) in Seoul on June 29 for MOU signing and deliberation procedures.   Vice Minister Jang attended the MOU signing between the approved companies and the business reorganization consulting services provider to give his opening remarks. He then facilitated the deliberation and voting processes on companies date2022-06-30

Korea and Czech Republic discuss cooperation in nuclear power ecosystem

Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Lee Chang-yang visited the Czech Republic on June 28, his first overseas visit since taking office and held talks with Miloš Vystrčil, President of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic to discuss the two countries' collaboration in nuclear power projects and other areas.   In his opening remarks, Minister Lee relayed an update on the prime operation status of Korea’s nuclear power plants and exchanged views with the Sena date2022-06-30

Korea and Czech Republic hold talks on nuclear energy cooperation

Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Lee Chang-yang visited the Czech Republic on June 28, his first overseas visit since taking office on occasion of the “Korean Nuclear & High-Tech Day 2022,” and held talks with his counterpart Jozef Síkela, the Czech Industry and Trade Minister on bilateral cooperation in nuclear energy and other various areas. The Czech Republic launched a tender in March of this year of its nuclear power plant project, which aims for completion by 20 date2022-06-29

Korea's retail sales gain 10.1% in May

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on June 28 that Korea’s overall retail sales in May saw a year-on-year growth of 10.1 percent. Both offline and online sales surged, up 9.3 percent and 11.0 percent, respectively. The Ministry releases monthly retail sales figures based on surveys of 25 major retailers. Thirteen of them are physical retailers: three department store chains, three hypermarket chains, three convenience store chains, and four “super supermarket&rdqu date2022-06-29

Korea and Spain sign Industrial Technology and International Cooperation MOU

Hwang Soo-sung, Deputy Minister for MOTIE’s Office of Industry and Enterprise Innovation held talks with Spanish counterpart Teresa Riesgo, MICIN’s Secretary-General of Innovation on June 24 in Madrid, where they signed the Korea-Spain Industrial Technology and International Cooperation MOU and agreed to provide full mutual support in pursuing high-tech collaboration, carbon neutral and digital transition.    The event was attended by officials of both countries, includin date2022-06-27

Korea and Spain sign Industrial Technology and International Cooperation MOU

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) signed the Korea-Spain Industrial Technology and International Cooperation MOU with Spain’s Ministry for Science and Innovation (MICIN) on June 24 in Madrid, Spain. On occasion of this MOU, South Korea and Spain decided to deepen cooperation in areas like future automobiles and high-tech industries. This entails establishing bilateral R&D programs in addition to Eureka projects, and expanding the existing cooperation in nanomaterials date2022-06-27