Banana imports reached an all-time high of $46.3 million in April, up 59 percent from the previous month, according to data from the Korea Customs Service.
A shopper browses bananas at a discount mart in downtown Seoul on Tuesday. Banana imports reached an all-time high of $46.3 million in April, up 59 percent from the previous month, according to data from the Korea Customs Service. Pineapple imports also hit a new high of $9.1 million last month, an on-month increase of 74 percent. The Korean government has recently accepted more imported fruit in an effort to refrain from hiking the prices of domestically produced apples and pears. [YONHAP]
A shopper browses bananas at a discount mart in downtown Seoul on Tuesday. Banana imports reached an all-time high of $46.3 million in April, up 59 percent from the previous month, according to data from the Korea Customs Service. Pineapple imports also hit a new high of $9.1 million last month, an on-month increase of 74 percent. The Korean government has recently accepted more imported fruit in an effort to refrain from hiking the prices of domestically produced apples and pears. [YONHAP]
![A shopper browses bananas at a discount mart in downtown Seoul on Tuesday. Banana imports reached an all-time high of $46.3 million in April, up 59 percent from the previous month, according to data from the Korea Customs Service. Pineapple imports also hit a new high of $9.1 million last month, an on-month increase of 74 percent. The Korean government has recently accepted more imported fruit in an effort to refrain from hiking the prices of domestically produced apples and pears. [YONHAP]](https://img4.daumcdn.net/thumb/R658x0.q70/?fname=https://t1.daumcdn.net/news/202405/21/koreajoongangdaily/20240521183704286vgvc.jpg)