Samsung Electronics' tentative quarterly results last year have shocked the domestic industry, casting a dark cloud over the entire industry.

In particular, it is expected that this will have a significant impact on Korea's exports, which depend heavily on semiconductors, as the demand in the semiconductor sector is decreasing due to the decrease in demand due to the U.S.-China trade dispute.

This is a report by Kim Hyun-woo.

[Reporter]
After Samsung's performance 스포츠토토사이트추천 was booming, there was always a good one.

Until first half of 2016, only 30% of total operating profit was semiconductor.

Since then, the global semiconductor market has been booming, reaching 80 percent last year.

However, oversupply and global IT demand have plummeted and are on the decline.

In addition, reduced demand due to trade disputes between the U.S. and China, and poor performance of Apple, which is Samsung's biggest customer, have contributed to its performance.

Since the second half of last year, its semiconductor business has declined, casting a dark cloud over Korea's exports as a whole.

Last November, the current account reached $5.06 billion, continuing its 81-month-long black streak.

But the surplus shrank to a minimum in seven months.

This is due to oversupply of major export items such as semiconductors and falling prices.

Concerns are growing over the "distribution of semiconductor" as the company's operating profit last year is estimated at 45 trillion won (3.4 billion dollars), or three-quarters of Samsung's operating profit.

[Kim Yang-Pin / Institute of Industrial Economics and Trade: As prices have stabilized, large-scale suppliers are witnessing price declines and delaying their investment.]

Experts are raising competitiveness in the field of new technology with high growth potential such as 5th generation mobile telecommunication-based artificial intelligence and automotive electric field business.

We should actively seek a new breakthrough in the wake of the semiconductor industry crisis."