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Price of fruit in S. Korea drops while other staple foods see increase

2020-06-09 14 Dailymotion

고기•생선•채소값 다 올랐는데..과일값은 10개월째 떨어져<br /><br />While prices of staple foods in South Korea mostly rose following increased demand for home-cooked meals, fruit prices fell for the 10th month in a row.<br />According to Statistics Korea on Tuesday, the consumer price index for fruit in May was 1-hundred-11-point-43... a 4-point-9-percent fall from the same month the previous year.<br />Korean consumers in May bought more groceries like meat, fish and vegetables due to social distancing measures amid COVID-19.<br />Disaster relief money also contributed to the increase in meat consumption, bumping the price up 7-percent from the year before.<br />Fruit, on the other hand, saw a drop as bumper crops increased supply.<br />

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