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Exports of S. Korea’s Traditional Liquor Soju Up 13.2 pct in 2022

SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Exports of soju, South Korea’s traditional distilled liquor, increased 13.2 percent in 2022 from a year earlier, data showed Tuesday, rebounding for the first time in three years. Outbound shipments of soju reached US$93.3 million in 2022, rising sharply from $82.4 million tallied a year earlier, according to the [...]

Soju Sales in Southeast Asia on Pace to Hit US$10 mln This Year

SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Shipments of soju, a distilled Korean liquor, to Southeast Asian countries rose sharply in the first half of this year thanks to the expansion of the Korean wave in the region, a liquor maker said Sunday. Overseas sales of soju products made by Hite Jinro Co. in Vietnam, Cambodia, [...]