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Korea’s supply chain risks resurface over Ukraine crisis (koreaherald.com)
5 points by nabla9 on March 1, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


>Semiconductors are also expected to suffer collateral damage from the Ukraine crisis. Ukraine is a major producer of rare gases essential for chips such as neon, argon, krypton and xenon. In particular, Ukraine produces almost 70 percent of the world’s neon gas.

>As Korea imports 23 percent of neon, 30.7 percent of krypton and 17.8 percent of xenon from Ukraine, the crisis can potentially push up their prices and cause complications in their supply chains.




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