South Korea posted a current account surplus of $8.85 billion in June, the Bank of Korea said on Friday - down from $10.76 billion in May.
The goods account surplus increased to $7.62 billion, compared to $6.18 billion in June 2020.
The services account deficit decreased to $0.95 billion, from $1.35 billion in June last year, owing to an improvement in the transport account.
The primary income account surplus increased from $1.81 billion the year previously to $2.53 billion in June 2021, in line with an increase in the income on equity.
The secondary income account recorded a $0.35 billion deficit.
Looking at the financial account, net assets increased by $4.29 billion in June.
Direct investment assets increased by $4.07 billion, and direct investment liabilities increased by $2.86 billion.
There was a $4.20 billion increase in portfolio investment assets during the month, and a $11.63 billion increase in portfolio investment liabilities.
Financial derivatives posted a net decrease of $0.45 billion.
In terms of other investments, there was an increase of $6.96 billion in assets and a decrease of $4.01 billion in liabilities.
Reserve assets decreased by $0.01 billion.
For the first half of 2021, the current account surplus was $44.34 billion - up from $19.04 billion in the first half of 2020.
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