SEOUL: South Korean exports fell for an 11th straight month in November, while foreign orders shrank at a sharper pace, pointing to a further deterioration in global demand and prompting some analysts to call for more interest rate cuts. November export data and a private manufacturing survey highlighted persistent downward pressure on Asia’s fourth-largest economy from weak external demand, with factory activity shrinking for the ninth straight month. But the activity survey, combined with other data in recent weeks, also suggested that the weak trade outlook was being offset in part by a recovery in domestic consumption, which could make policy makers more cautious about further easing. Exports fell 4.7 per cent on-year in November, less than an 8.3 per cent fall forecast in a Reuters poll, government data showed. But several analysts noted the decline would have been much worse if not for big ship deliveries.