Ngokusho kwedatha yakamuva evela Kumakhasimende WaseKorea, ukuthunyelwa kwemikhiqizo yaseNingizimu Korea ngemikhiqizo yezobuchwepheshe ngoSepthemba bekungelona ithemba, ukuthunyelwa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe kwehla ngo-40% unyaka nonyaka, kanye nokukhishwa kwemishini yokuxhumana ephathekayo (ebalwa ingxenye encane yempahla ethunyelwa ngaphandle) gxuma u-58%. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuthekelisa okwenziwa eSouth Korea kwehle ngama-22% unyaka nonyaka, okuye kwehla kakhulu kusukela ngonyaka ka-2009. Phakathi kwazo, ukuthunyelwa kweSouth Korea kumlingani wayo omkhulu kakhulu wezentengiselwano, iChina, kwehle ngo-30%, ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe e-United States kwehle ngama-21% , okuthekelisa ukuthunyelwa eJapan kwehle ngo-14%, kanti ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe e-EU kwehle ngo-13%.
Ngokusho kochwepheshe, ukwehla kokuthengiswa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe kungaqhubeka unyaka wonke, okuzobeka ingcindezi ekukhuleni komnotho waseNingizimu Korea kanye nokunqobayo.
Inkinga enkulu ngemuva kobuthakathaka bokuthengisa kwe-semiconductor ukuthengiswa okungekuhle kwama-chip memory. Ukwenza ngcono lesi simo, kunethemba elikhulu ukuthi isibalo sokukhumbula in China, United States kanye nezinye izimakethe sizokhuphuka.
Abangaphakathi kwezimboni bathi ukuqhubeka kwempi yokuhweba phakathi kweJapan neSouth Korea kuholele ekungqubuzaneni okwandayo phakathi kweSouth Korea neJapan ngokuya ngemikhawulo yokuthumela ngaphandle, okwenze umonakalo ezinhlangothini zombili nangamaketanga abalulekile wokuhlinzekwa nge-semiconductor e-Asia.