South Korea’s exports of dried seaweed reached an all-time excessive this 12 months, surpassing $1 billion for the primary time, pushed largely by rising reputation in abroad markets, akin to the US, the oceans ministry stated Sunday.
Outbound shipments of dried seaweed, often known as “gim” in Korean, totaled $1.02 billion as of Thursday, up 13.2 % from the identical interval a 12 months earlier, in keeping with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.
The ministry attributed the surge to each the improved high quality competitiveness of gim and rising demand in abroad markets, notably North America and Europe, the place consumption has risen sharply in recent times.
By nation, the U.S. was the most important importer at $220 million, up 15.3 % from a 12 months earlier.
Japan adopted with $210 million, a 13.8 % enhance, whereas China ranked third with $100 million, marking a pointy rise of 36.6 %.
