Gangwon unsold rice reserves hit 16,000 tons

An employee inspects stacked piles of rice at a rice processing complex in Gangwon on Monday.

An employee inspects stacked piles of rice at a rice processing complex in Gangwon on Monday.[YONHAP]

An employee inspects stacked piles of rice at a rice processing complex in Gangwon on Monday.

The amount of unsold rice reserved at rice processing complexes in the region this year reached 16,000 tons, up 30 percent from the same period of last year. [YONHAP]