南韓仍嚴重依賴日本半導體設備
2020-09-07南韓仍嚴重依賴日本半導體設備
South Korea Still Heavily Dependent on Semiconductor Equipment from Japan
South Korea’s semiconductor equipment imports from Japan increased by approximately 80 percent from a year ago in spite of efforts to reduce its reliance after Japan’s export restrictions implemented in July last year.
去年7月日本實施出口限制後，儘管韓國努力減少對日本的依賴，但韓國從日本進口的半導體設備較上年同期增長了約80%。
This dependence on Japanese equipment has led to South Korea’s dependence on Japanese engineers. In many cases, new Japanese equipment in South Korea is installed by Japanese engineers sent from the manufacturers as the buyers lack expertise. This led to self-quarantine exemption for Japanese engineers in July this year against the principle of reciprocity. Although the principle was broken and there was a very high risk of COVID-19 inflow, the government could not ignore companies’ concerns over production setbacks. In short, the South Korean semiconductor industry is still heavily dependent on Japan despite its restrictions that have targeted the industry for more than one year.
對日本設備的依賴導致了韓國對日本工程師的依賴。在很多情況下，韓國的新買的日本設備是由製造商派日本工程師到廠安裝，因為買家缺乏專業知識。這導致日本工程師在今年7月違反互惠原則免予自我隔離。雖然這一原則被打破，COVID-19流入的風險很高，但政府不能忽視企業對生產挫折的擔憂。總而言之，儘管日本針對韓國半導體行業實施了一年多的限制，但韓國半導體行業仍嚴重依賴日本。
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