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Memory & storage · Thesis 02 · settles Dec 1 · 39 days

Did Korea's November 2026 semiconductor exports grow at least 100 percent from a year earlier?

How it settles

Yes if the trade ministry MOTIR release on November 2026 exports, published December 1 2026, shows semiconductor export value up by 100 percent or more from a year earlier. Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (MOTIR), monthly exports and imports release

The exact question and the full rule

Did Korea's semiconductor exports in November 2026 grow at or above 100.0% from a year earlier?

Read the semiconductor line of the trade ministry's (MOTIR) release on November 2026 exports and imports, published December 1, 2026. The answer is yes if semiconductor exports are up at or above 100.0% from a year earlier; no if they are below 100.0%.

If the source is late or silent: The figure as first published counts; if the release is not out within seven days of the date, the test is inconclusive, and the Result says what was read and what was missing.

If no

Supply catches up

No: memory prices cool or supply catches up, so export growth falls short of doubling.

If yes

Scarcity holds through 2027

Yes: scarce HBM and high memory prices keep chip export value doubling or more from a year ago.

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NoYes

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The case · 8 people · 2 minutes
Supply catches up2 people argue noScarcity holds through 20276 people argue yes
Stronger if no · 2 people

Supply catches up

Andrew WalkerMay 31

When memory and semiconductor prices rise significantly above cost due to supply constraints, economic incentives drive multiple paths to increased supply, eventually breaking the cycle and reducing margins.

Stronger if yes · 6 people

Scarcity holds through 2027

Tae KimAug 5

The demand-supply imbalance in HBM memory creates a classical Economics 101 scenario where constrained supply meets accelerating demand. Customers requesting 5x–6x more capacity than current expansion plans can supply creates a pricing lever that…

What would change the Call
  • The customs release for the first 20 days of November, due November 23, would move the call either way.
The Call · Thesis 02 · Supply catches up

The house leans to "Supply catches up".

The dossier · 5 minutes
The machines' reasons

3 models ran this one. Their numbers and reasons appear after you lock yours.

The thesis

Will memory makers keep earning scarcity profits from AI demand through 2027?

Micron's revenue for the quarter ended September 3, 2026 was $54.2 billion, against $11.3 billion a year earlier. The tests read Micron's next quarter and Korea's chip exports, most of which are memory.