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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
Technology
Asharq Al-Awsat

Samsung China Chip Production Faces Disruption from Korea Trucker Strike

Unionized truckers of the militant Korean Confederation of Trade Unions chant slogans in front of a Samsung Electronics Co. campus in Gwangju, South Korea, 14 June 2022. (EPA)

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's chip production in China is facing disruption from a trucker strike in South Korea which is blocking exports of a key material, the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) said on Tuesday.

It is the first concrete sign that the week-long strike is impacting chip production, having already cost South Korean industrial sectors more than $1.2 billion in lost production and unfilled deliveries.

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