South Korea’s preliminary trade data for June 1-20 showed exports rising 60.4% from a year earlier to $62 billion, with semiconductor shipments up 188.4% to $25.5 billion as AI infrastructure demand boosted memory-chip sales. Within memory products, DRAM including modules rose 342% year on year and 3% from the previous month, NAND flash increased 336% year on year and 28% month on month, MCP identified in the source as HBM climbed 209% year on year and 51% sequentially, and SSD exports jumped 405% from a year earlier and 25% from the prior month. South Korean media outlet ETNews, cited by Critini Research analyst Jukan, said June memory semiconductor exports could reach a record $38 billion to $42 billion, above May’s $37.16 billion.