SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) — South Korea logged a trade deficit in the first 10 days of August due to a faster increase in import than export, customs office data showed Thursday.
The trade deficit amounted to 7.68 billion U.S. dollars in the Aug. 1-10 period, according to Korea Customs Service.
The trade balance stayed in the red most months of this year, with deficits of 4.9 billion dollars in January, 2.