The South Korean government plans in 2012 overtook Japan as the world's largest supplier of rechargeable batteries, and said the necessary infrastructure to achieve this goal and the main raw materials, production facilities are in place.

     South Korean Trade and Industry Department of Energy recently announced the development of next-generation rechargeable battery technology plan. The South Korean government forecasts that in 2008 South Korea's exports of lithium-ion batteries will reach 2.3 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 35% of the global compaq EVO N400c battery,compaq EVO N410c battery market, this amount will be increased in 2012 to six billion U.S. dollars, South Korea and occupy half of the global market. At present South Korea's exports of 900 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 22% of the global market.

     The ministry said the focus of this program is to develop for mobile devices, hybrid electric vehicles, robots and lithium-ion battery power storage sector. The plan is a wide range of Sony laptop battery recall issued after the incident.
  
     If this plan is successful, South Korea in 2012 to become the world's largest secondary battery supplier. Japan currently holds 60% of the global battery market.

     According to June 2006 data, Japan's Sanyo to 32% of the market share of the world's largest supplier of rechargeable batteries, Sony ranked second with 18 percent. South Korea's Samsung SDI accounted for 14%, LG Chem to 8% in the fifth.

     The ministry quoted a government-led R & D projects, for example, specify the battery four key components: cathode active material, anode active materials compaq EVO N400 battery,compaq EVO N410 battery, electrolytes and separators. If the South Korean domestic production of these four materials, an annual saving of 160 million U.S. dollars in material cost of imports.

     The South Korean government has set up a 62 from industry, academic and research institutions of the 800 task force composed of representatives from 2003 began to develop secondary battery technology and the deployment of basic production facilities. The South Korean government has invested in this project 8,250 million.