Japan November beer exports to S. Korea down by 99%

December 26, 2019

Tokyo--Japan's beer exports to South Korea in November stood at 6.96 million yen, down 99.1 pct from a year before, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.

The November exports remained very weak due to continued boycotts of Japanese products in South Korea reflecting the soured bilateral relations.

In October, Japan's beer exports to South Korea dropped to zero for the first time in about 20 years.

According to the latest detailed trade data, exports of hydrogen fluoride, one of the semiconductor materials covered by Japan's tighter export controls introduced against South Korea in July, tumbled 93.5 pct to 46.93 million yen. Jiji Press