South Korea's Sesame Oil Exports Jump 70%

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's total exports of sesame oil surged 70.5 percent year-on-year to $7.006 million in the year to October, according to a data released by the Korea Agricultural and Aquatic Food Distribution Commune (aT).
exports increased by 76 per cent to 825 tonnes.
analysis, this is mainly due to the global popularity of Korean cuisine, and the outbreak contributed to the "home cooking" trend and other factors.
Korea's Sesame Oil exports have been increasing year-on-year since 2016 (US$3.709 million), reaching US$4.12 million in 2017, US$4.715 million in 2018 and US$5.359 million in 2019.
exports in the first 10 months of this year alone have exceeded the levels of the whole of last year.
countries and regions, South Korea's sesame oil exports to the United States in the first 10 months of this year accounted for the highest proportion, 38.1%, up 122.4% year-on-year.
followed by Australia (8.4 per cent), up 41.3 per cent year-on-year.
4.9 per cent, but the increase was most pronounced, up as much as 260 per cent.
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