TABLE-South Korea Jan exports rise 11.8 pct yr/yr

SEOUL, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Following are South Korea's preliminary export and import figures for January, released by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy on Friday (rounded):

JAN *DEC Balance ($ billion) 0.9 1.9 Exports ($ billion) 46.1 45.0 (pct growth vs yr ago) +11.8 -5.7 Imports ($ billion) 45.2 43.1 (pct growth vs yr ago) +3.9 -5.2 * Revised figures released on Jan. 14, 2013

NOTES: - Reuters poll: Exports were seen up 10.6 percent in January over a year earlier while imports were seen up 2.4 percent.

- January's annual exports growth was the sharpest since 20.4 percent in February 2012. - January's trade balance was the weakest since January 2012, when the country ran a deficit of $2.29 billion. - The average export value per working day stood at $1.92 billion in January, compared with a revised $2.09 billion in December, Thomson Reuters calculations show. - China is South Korea's largest export market, taking about one-quarter of shipments last year, followed by the United States and the European Union. - By product, electronics goods account for just over one-fifth of the country's total exports, followed by automobiles and industrial machinery.

(Reporting by Se Young Lee; Editing by Choonsik Yoo)