Semiconductor trade balance by country

South Korea runs the largest semiconductor trade surplus tracked here, at $91.1B in 2025. Coverage is limited to countries where semiconductors ranked among their own top 8 exported industries — a real but partial subset of trade-covered countries.

#	Country	Exports	Imports	Balance	Share of exports
1	South Korea	$153B	$61.7B	$91.1B	21%
2	Singapore	$120B	$98B	$22.4B	23%
3	Japan	$47.5B	$25.9B	$21.6B	6.1%
4	Ireland	$16.1B	$5.8B	$10.4B	4.8%
5	Malta	$1B	$625M	$413M	16%
6	Hong Kong	$266B	$276B	-$9.6B	40%
7	Thailand	$15.3B	$38.1B	-$22.8B	4.2%