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SOUTH KOREAN IMPORTS OF JAPANESE RICE WINE SOAR 46PCT
Monday July 21, 11:16 AM
SEOUL, July 21 Asia Pulse - South Korea's imports of Japanese rice wine jumped nearly 46 per cent in the first half of this year amid the high popularity of Japanese-style restaurants among young Koreans, government data showed Sunday.
South Korea imported 752 tons of Japanese rice wine, widely known as sake, in the January-June period, up 46.1 per cent from the same period a year earlier, according to the data by the Korea Customs Service.
The value of the imports came to US$2.59 million, up 73.8 per cent from a year earlier.
Market watchers attributed the surge in sake imports to young Koreans' interest in Japanese food and liquor.
Imports of Japanese rice wine amounted to 1,275 tons last year, up from 851 tons in 2006 and 526 tons in 2005.
In comparison, South Korean imports of French wine dropped by 14 per cent on-year to 2,754 tons in the January-June period, the service said.
However, the value of the imports rose 43.7 per cent to $37.7 million.
(Yonhap)
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