South Korea’s imports of fruits hit new record amid climate change. Country’s imports of 12 kinds of fresh fruits came to US$1.45 billion in 2024, up 20.1 per cent from a year earlier. Government has also reduced tariffs on fruit imports to meet increasing demand and rein in inflation. Meanwhile, South Korea’s import prices rose for the fourth consecutive month in January due mainly to the weak local currency and high global oil prices, central bank data showed.consumer prices, a key gauge of inflation, rose by the largest margin in six months of 2.2 per cent on-year in January, government data showed, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK) The import price index climbed 2.3 per cent last month from a month earlier, the preliminary data from the BOK said. The BOK also said the figure advanced 6.6 per cent in January from the same time last year. The previous record was set in 2018, when the inbound shipment of fruits was $1.33 billion, reports Yonhap news agency.
