SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's export, which accounts for about half of the export-driven economy, rose 4.5 percent from a year earlier to 51.92 billion U.S. dollars in November, data by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy showed Saturday.

It was the third-biggest export ever recorded by the economy, topping 50 billion dollars for the seventh consecutive month.

Import advanced 11.4 percent over the year to 46.78 billion dollars in November, sending the trade surplus to 5.14 billion dollars. The trade balance stayed in the black for 82 months in a row.

For the first 11 months of this year, the export amounted to 557.2 billion dollars, up 6.2 percent compared with the same period of last year.

During the January-November period, the import expanded 12.9 percent over the year to 491 billion dollars. Trade surplus in the same period was 66.2 billion dollars. Enditem

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