{"id":180573,"date":"2026-10-27T10:07:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T01:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180573&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-27T10:07:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T01:07:03","slug":"kyushu-posts-record-september-exports","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-posts-record-september-exports\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu posts record September exports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exports from the Kyushu economic region reached a September record of 1.1395 trillion yen, up 4.9% from a year earlier. Moji Customs said semiconductor manufacturing equipment was a major driver of the increase. Equipment exports rose 90.2% to 102.2 billion yen, supported by demand from South Korea and China for AI-related chip production. Vehicle exports fell 7% to 269.1 billion yen, declining for a second consecutive month as shipments to China and Europe weakened. The region recorded a 147.3 billion yen trade surplus, its 20th consecutive monthly surplus. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvq.co.jp\/news\/news.html?did=2026102100000001\" target=\"_blank\">TVQ News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nishinippon.co.jp\/item\/1551669\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nishinippon Shimbun<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kyushu-semiconductors_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C764&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"764\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kyushu-semiconductors_2026_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kyushu-semiconductors_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kyushu-semiconductors_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C559&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kyushu-semiconductors_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C419&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnific.com\/jp\" target=\"_blank\">Magnific<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exports from the Kyushu economic region reached a September record of 1.1395 trillion yen, up 4.9% from a year earlier. Moji Customs said semiconductor manufacturing equipment was a major driver of the increase&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180573","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}