The government will exempt or lower tariffs for 21 types of fruit including bananas, pineapples and avocados to combat skyrocketing fruit prices, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance on Thursday.
A customer shops for fruit at a supermarket in Seoul on Thursday. The government will exempt or lower tariffs for 21 types of fruit to combat skyrocketing fruit prices. Fresh fruit including bananas, pineapples, mangoes, grapefruit and avocados are on the tariff reduction list, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance's economic policies for 2024 that was announced Thursday. [NEWS1]
![A customer shops for fruit at a supermarket in Seoul on Thursday. The government will exempt or lower tariffs for 21 types of fruit to combat skyrocketing fruit prices. Fresh fruit including bananas, pineapples, mangoes, grapefruit and avocados are on the tariff reduction list, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance's economic policies for 2024 that was announced Thursday. [NEWS1]](https://img4.daumcdn.net/thumb/R658x0.q70/?fname=https://t1.daumcdn.net/news/202401/04/koreajoongangdaily/20240104192034941ngyc.jpg)