지난 3월 면세점 매출 사상 최대... "中 보따리상 영향"<br /><br /> Korean duty free sales hit a record high in March, thanks to an influx of Chinese purchasing agents.<br /> Despite low numbers of group tours following the row over Seoul's missile defesnse upgrade, Beijing's buying agents pushed sales of duty free goods in March to a record high of roughly 16 billion U.S. dollars, marking a sixty-seven-point-four percent on-year rise.<br />The demand for Korean goods in China still remains strong, driving the agents to commit to a huge volume of purchases.<br />Some duty free shops opened thirty minutes early to attract these agents who usually come in the morning.<br />But despite the skyrocketing figures, the shops are seeing relatively sluggish growth in profits. <br />
