Export of Surgical and Droplet-Blocking Masks Allowed Starting from the 15th

Health-use priced around 1,100 won, droplet-blocking priced around 600 won entry

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[Asia Economy Reporter Cho Hyun-ui] The export of surgical masks and droplet-blocking masks, which had been banned from overseas shipment amid the COVID-19 pandemic, will be allowed starting from the 15th.

At a briefing held at the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency in Osong, Chungbuk, Yang Jin-young, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, stated, "Considering the changed mask supply situation such as increased production and supply stabilization, from today, the mandatory public release of surgical masks will be abolished, and the scope of limited export permission will be expanded from health masks to include surgical masks and droplet-blocking masks."

Accordingly, the export of surgical masks and droplet-blocking masks will be allowed within a limited range not exceeding 50% of the average monthly production volume over the previous two months.

Deputy Director Yang said, "This revision is expected to ease the inventory burden on surgical mask manufacturers and facilitate the overseas expansion of K-quarantine products for COVID-19 response in various countries."

Meanwhile, mask price trends have been stable both online and offline. For health masks such as KF94, prices entered the 1,100 KRW range starting from the 5th. Online prices dropped from 1,216 KRW on the 3rd to 1,149 KRW on the 10th, and offline prices decreased from 1,549 KRW to around 1,578 KRW.

Droplet-blocking masks entered the low 600 KRW range starting from the 8th. Online prices fell from 667 KRW to 633 KRW during the same period, while offline prices remained at a similar level, from 714 KRW to 717 KRW.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.