SEOUL, June 13 Reuters South Korea39;s exports for the first 10 days of June shrank 12.7 from the same period a year before, customs agency data showed on Monday.

The country39;s imports grew 17.5, however, bringing the trade balance to a 6 billion deficit for the period.

By product, exports of semiconductors grew 0.8 and petroleum products surged 94.5, but those of cars, automobile parts and wireless communication devices fell 35.6, 28.8 and 27.5, respectively.

By destination, shipments to China, the United States and European Union shrank 16.2, 9.7 and 23.3 each.

Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Tom Hogue

Source Reuters