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SEOUL, Sept 3 (Reuters) - South Korea's economy expanded by a seasonally adjusted 2.6 percent in the second quarter from the previous quarter, the fastest rate in 5-½ years, revised figures from the central bank showed on Thursday.
Following are revised gross domestic product figures for South Korea, released by the Bank of Korea:
By sector and by type of expenditure for the April-June quarter of 2009 (percentage change from the previous quarter, seasonally adjusted):
Q2 2009 Q1 2009
*revised ^estimate *revised GDP growth 2.6 2.3 0.1 Sectoral GDP growth: Agriculture, forestry, fishing -1.7 -1.5 -0.1 Manufacturing 8.9 8.2 -3.4 Construction -0.2 -1.0 5.9 Service sector 1.1 1.0 0.3 Private consumption 3.6 3.3 0.4 Capital investment 10.1 8.4 -11.2 Construction investment 1.7 0.4 5.2 Goods exports 14.7 14.7 -3.4 Goods imports 7.4 7.3 -6.2 - - - -
By sector and by type of expenditure for the April-June quarter of 2009 (percentage change over a year earlier):
Q2 2009 Q1 2009
*revised ^estimate *revised GDP growth -2.2 -2.5 -4.2 Sectoral GDP growth: Agriculture, forestry, fishing -1.2 -1.0 1.5 Manufacturing -7.3 -7.9 -13.6 Construction 2.2 1.3 0.4 Service sector 0.4 0.3 -0.5 Private consumption -0.8 -1.1 -4.4 Capital investment -15.9 -17.2 -23.5 Construction investment 3.7 2.4 1.6 Goods exports -4.2 -4.3 -14.1 Goods imports -14.3 -14.3 -17.4 - - - - Previous figures (percent change over):
prev quarter year earlier *Q4 2008 -5.1 -3.4 *Q3 2008 0.2 3.1 *Q2 2008 0.4 4.3 *Q1 2008 1.1 5.5 =Q4 2007 1.3 5.7 - - - - Previous full year GDP changes (percent change): *2008 2.2 =2007 5.1 =2006 5.2 =2005 4.0 =2004 4.6 * Revised provisional ^ Advance estimate published on July 24 = Historical data revised on March 27 because base year changed to 2005 from 2000 (Reporting by Seo Eun-kyung; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)