South Korea Sept factory output unexpectedly falls on weaker chip production
SEOUL, Oct 31 (Reuters) -South Korea's factory output unexpectedly fell in September on weaker chip production, government data showed on Thursday.
The industrial output index KRIO=ECI fell 0.2% over the month on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to Statistics Korea, after a rise of 4.4% in the prior month, which was the fastest in a year.
The fall came against the median forecast of a 1.2% rise in a Reuters poll of economists.
Production of semiconductors fell 2.6%.
The index fell 1.3% on a year-on-year basis, compared with gains of 3.8% the month before and 0.8% expected by economists. It was the first annual decline since July 2023.
Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Christian Schmollinger
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