South Korea’s 10 largest exporters accounted for 60.9% of the country’s $318.6 billion in third-quarter exports, up from 40.5% a year earlier. Their shipments rose 158.8% year on year to $194 billion, while the top 100 exporters’ share increased to 79.4% from 67.9%, with shipments rising 101.6% to $253.1 billion. The concentration ratio first exceeded 50% in the first quarter and has increased by about 5 percentage points each quarter since then. Total exports rose 72.3% year on year, led by strong technology demand. Conglomerate exports more than doubled to $248.6 billion, while medium-sized and small companies increased shipments 12.8% to $36.9 billion and 10.7% to $32.7 billion, respectively. Mining and manufacturing exports rose 82.8% to $291.5 billion, including a 143.6% surge in electronics exports to $206 billion. Exports of capital goods, including chips, reached $231.9 billion, while IT components rose 199.1% to $153 billion.