SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports via e-commerce reached a new all-time high in 2021 as more people purchased foreign goods online, government data showed Thursday. The country’s e-commerce imports stood at US$4.15 billion in the first 11 months of this year, up 25.7 percent from a year earlier, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Tuesday suspended quarantine inspections of Canadian beef following the discovery of a mad cow case in the North American country. The agriculture ministry said the move effectively banning imports went into effect four days after Canada confirmed a cow in Alberta was infected with bovine spongiform [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports of golf equipment rose to a record high in the first 10 months of this year on the back of strong demand amid the pandemic, customs data showed Wednesday. The imports of golf clubs and other related equipment reached US$601 million in the January-October period, up [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports of whisky soared more than 70 percent in the first 10 months of the year as more people drank at home amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Monday. The value of whisky imports came to US$93.21 million in the January-October period, up 73.1 percent from a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Monday local firms have inked deals to import urea solution from other countries, including Malaysia and Mexico, a move expected to help ease a supply shortage of the key fluid needed in diesel cars to cut emissions. Three Korean firms have signed contracts to import a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Monday it plans to import 200 tons of urea from Vietnam next week in the latest move to help ease a supply shortage of urea water solution, a key material used in diesel vehicles to reduce emissions. The amount is part of 10,000 tons of urea [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Sunday it plans to import urea water solution, a key material used in diesel vehicles to reduce emissions, from Australia this week in a bid to ease its supply shortage that has caused soaring prices. The government has decided to mobilize military aircraft to bring 20,000 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s wine imports nearly doubled in the first eight months of 2021 from a year earlier as more people enjoyed drinking at home and alone amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Thursday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy imported US$370.5 million worth of wine in the January-August period, up 96.5 percent [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s wine imports hit a fresh high in 2020 as more people enjoyed drinking at home and alone due to the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Monday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy imported US$330 million worth of wine last year, up 27.3 percent from a year earlier, according to the data [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean imports of beer touched a five-year low in the first half of the year amid a nationwide boycott of Japanese products, data showed Monday. The value of beer imports stood at US$106.5 million in the January-June period, down 5.4 percent from a year earlier, according to the [...]