Statistics: Korean liquor imports increased by 125% in five years

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's alcohol imports last year were 464.455 million liters, down more than 10 percent from a year earlier, but double the 2014 level (20,670.5 million kilowatts) five years ago, Yonhap reported Monday.
same period last year, South Korean liquor shipments fell by 11.3% from 3.88167 million litres to 3.376714 million litres.
some of the comments were linked to a reduction in alcohol consumption or a decline in preference for foreign wine (whisky), but alcohol circulation, including imports, has fallen by only 4.3 per cent in five years.
by category, beer imports accounted for the highest proportion last year, at 356.409 million litres.
the impact of the boycott of Japanese goods decreased by 34,000 litres year-on-year, it increased by 202.8 per cent over 2014 and the overall share increased from 5 per cent in 2014 to 17 to 18 per cent last year.
imports of fruit wines such as red wine also increased from 360.47 million litres in 2014 to 533.94 million litres last year, an increase of 48.1%.
expected that with the outbreak of "house drinking" and other demand growth, this year's wine imports will continue to rise.
imports of general distilled liquors such as sorghum wine in the past six years amounted to between 1053 thousand liters and 137.77 million liters.
, whisky and brandy imports have been falling for five years.
, whisky imports fell 31.5 per cent last year from 2014 to 117.09 million litres, while brandy halved to 484 litres over the same period.
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