South Korea's export prices rose for the third consecutive month in April.
The Bank of Korea says the export price index came to 83-point-four-eight,.... up half-a-percent from March.
Prices of electronics goods exports fell but higher prices of petroleum products lifted overall export prices.
The central bank said import prices went up one-and-a-half percent mainly on higher prices of global oil and raw materials and a higher won-dollar exchange rate.
South Korea's benchmark Dubai crude rose six percent on-month recording an average of near 71 U.S. dollars a barrel in April.