작년 과일수입 12억달러로 역대 최고 기록<br /><br /> South Korean consumers' demand for imported fruit has been growing steadily,…pushing up the value of such imports to a record high last year.<br /> According to the Korea Customs Service, the nation shipped in around 1-and-a-quarter billion U.S. dollars worth of fruit in 2017.<br />That's equivalent to 8-hundred-34-thousand tons.<br />Among the most popular last year include bananas, oranges and grapes.<br />Breaking it down by country, the U.S. was the top exporter,… accounting for almost 40 percent of the total… followed by the Philippines.<br />Customs officials anticipate this will be another record-breaking year.<br />The imports between this January and July amounted to 1 billion dollars,... an on-year spike of almost 8-percent. <br />
