South Korea's semiconductor market share is the first in the world, surpassing Japan's and the second in the world

According to the report of Asian economy on March 24, the Ministry of industry, trade and resources of South Korea quoted his technical data of the United States as saying that last year, the semiconductor production volume of South Korean enterprises reached US $51.516 billion, accounting for 16.2% of the global market share, replacing Japan (US $43.432 billion, 13.7%) as the second in the world. This is because South Korea has surpassed Japan in this field since it began producing semiconductors in the 1980s. The production volume of American enterprises was US $166.651 billion, accounting for 52.4%, ranking first. Europe (8.7%) and Taiwan, China (6.5%) separated fourth, fifth. A relevant person from the Ministry of industry said: "* in the past five years, the market share of system semiconductors and optical components in South Korea has increased steadily, and greater changes are expected in the future."