SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of coronavirus test kits rebounded in August as the world grappled with a resurgence of the novel coronavirus, data showed Wednesday. In the first 20 days of August, exports of virus test kits stood at US$106 million, compared with $123 million in July. Exports of virus [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Wednesday that it has exported four units of a hydrogen fuel cell system to Europe, paving the way for further shipments of the environmentally friendly energy solution. The hydrogen fuel cell system will be delivered to GRZ Technologies Ltd., a Switzerland-based company specializing in energy [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea allowed the export of all types of face masks that can be used to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday amid sufficient domestic supply, the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said. The move comes as supplies of surgical and anti-droplet masks in the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will allow the export of face masks that can be used to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said Thursday. The move comes as supplies of surgical and anti-droplet masks in the country have stabilized and earlier shortages have [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koran exports of ice cream swelled more than 11 percent in the first eight months of the year despite a slump in the country’s overall overseas shipments, official data showed Friday. Overseas shipments of South Korean ice-cream products came to US$47 million in the January-August period, up 11.1 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s outbound shipments of agricultural products rose nearly 5 percent on-year in the first eight months of 2020, data showed Thursday, helped by the rising demand for instant products amid the new coronavirus pandemic. Exports of agricultural goods, which include processed foodstuffs, reached US$4.8 billion in the January-August [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of foodstuffs to Thailand rose 14.7 percent in the first half of 2020, data showed Thursday, on the back of rising demand for ready-to-eat products amid the new coronavirus pandemic. Outbound shipments of foodstuffs to the Southeast Asian country reached US$112 million over the January-June period, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of coronavirus test kits have declined since their peak in April, leading to a plunge in stock prices of test kit makers, data showed Monday. With the coronavirus pandemic raging across the globe, many countries had scrambled to import Korean COVID-19 test kits, in a boon [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Monday it has completed negotiations with Vietnam to ship paprika, a type of bell pepper, to the Southeast Asian country. Seoul had been negotiating with Hanoi since 2008 on export terms for paprika, whose outbound shipments currently depend heavily on neighboring Japan, according to the Ministry [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Exports of South Korean-made passenger cars plunged 40.6 percent on-year in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged demand, data showed Friday. Local carmakers shipped passenger cars with a combined value of US$6.2 billion during the April-June period, according to the data compiled by the Korea Customs Service [...]