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Sales For the 7th straight year, we led the domestic
manufacturing sector with sales of 34.3 trillion won,
a 31.3% increase over 1999. Approximately 68% of
the total came from international markets,
representing 12% of Korea’s total year 2000
exports. The Semiconductor Business Group
accounted for 38% (13 trillion won), followed by the
Digital Media System Business Group with 27% (9.3
trillion won), the Information & Communications
Business Group with 22% (7.6 trillion won), and the
Home Appliances Business Group with 8% (2.7
trillion won).
Gross Profit Ongoing restructuring and manage-
ment innovation activities were behind the
remarkable 45.3% growth in gross profit to 12.3
trillion won. The year also saw the overwhelming
bias toward semiconductors begin to shift toward a
more balanced profit structure.
Operating Profit The 2000 operating profit of 7.4
trillion won was the highest in company history and
an outstanding 66% improvement over 1999,
translating into an overall profit margin of 22%. The
Semiconductor Business Group led with 81.5% of
this total (6.1 trillion won), an outstanding profit
margin of 47%, followed by the Information &
Communications Business Group with 12.2% (908