Manufacturing, mining sector shipments dip in 2014: report
Nov 26, 2015
South Korea's manufacturing and mining industry shipments contracted in 2014 mainly due to minus growth in the electronics and refined petroleum sectors, a government report showed Thursday. Statistics Korea said total shipments by companies with more than 10 employees topped 1,490 trillion won ($1.3 trillion), down 0.3 percent, or 4.4 trillion won, from the year before. The decrease is attributable to a 4.6-percent on-year drop in electronics and a 4.4-percent decrease in shipments from local