[Photo] Avoiding Japanese Beer, Cigarettes, and Passenger Cars

Last July, following Japan's export restrictions against South Korea, a boycott of Japanese products lasted for a year, resulting in a significant decline in imports of Japanese consumer goods such as beer and passenger cars. According to data received by Kim Young-bae, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, from the Korea Customs Service, the import value of Japanese consumer goods in July this year was $252.57 million, a 23.4% decrease compared to a year earlier. Until 2018, South Korea was the largest overseas market for the Japanese beer industry, but after the boycott, imports plummeted by 84.2% within one year. On the 10th, citizens were selecting beer at a large supermarket in downtown Seoul. /Mun Ho-nam reporter munonam@

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