South Korea November factory output weaker than expected

December 29, 2025 6:03 PM EST

A car carrier transporting vehicles made by Kia Motors, which is part of South Korea's biggest automaker company Hyundai Motor, arrives at Pyeongtaek port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL, Dec ⁠30 (Reuters) - ⁠South ‍Korea's factory output was ‍weaker than expected in ​November, data showed ​on Tuesday.

The industrial output index rose 0.6% from a month ​earlier on a seasonally adjusted ​basis, after falling 4.2% in ‌the previous month. That compared with ​a rise ⁠of 2.2% forecast in a ‌Reuters poll of economists.

From a year ‌earlier, the index fell 1.4%, ‌compared with a drop of 8.2% in the ‍prior month and a gain ⁠of 3.0% expected by economists.

(Reporting by Jihoon Lee, Editing by Nick Zieminski)



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