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    South Korea’s imports of kimchi from China in June decreased by 13% from the monthly average of the same month

    • Last Update: 2021-07-29
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Yonhap News Agency, Seoul, July 15th .
    According to a data released by the Korean Customs Service ( Customs ) on the 15th, based on the date of import declaration acceptance, 17,906 tons of kimchi were imported from China in June , and the import value was 9.
    06 million US dollars.
    The average data from 2018 to June 2020 decreased by 20.
    2% and 13.
    4%
    .
     
    After the exposure of a video in March this year revealing that China's kimchi factories did not meet sanitation standards, China's kimchi imports and imports in April decreased by 21% and 11.
    8%, respectively, compared with the average of the past three years
    .
    The total import volume from April to June this year was 57,131 thousand tons, and the total import volume was 29.
    88 million US dollars, which was a decrease of 17.
    8% and 10.
    6% respectively from the average of the same period in the past three years
    .
     
      The analysis believes that the above-mentioned video exposure triggered South Korean consumers' resistance to Chinese kimchi, but did not significantly affect the scale of imports
    .
    (Finish)
    Customs Imported Kimchi
     
      After the exposure of a video in March this year revealing that China's kimchi factories did not meet sanitation standards, China's kimchi imports and imports in April decreased by 21% and 11.
    8%, respectively, compared with the average of the past three years
    .
    The total import volume from April to June this year was 57,131 thousand tons, and the total import volume was 29.
    88 million US dollars, which was a decrease of 17.
    8% and 10.
    6% respectively from the average of the same period in the past three years
    .
     
      The analysis believes that the above-mentioned video exposure triggered South Korean consumers' resistance to Chinese kimchi, but did not significantly affect the scale of imports
    .
    (Finish)
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