“Urine-containing” Chinese beer is “suddenly decreasing”…Japanese beer imports are “suddenly” = South Korea

In South Korea, it was revealed last month that imports of Chinese beer decreased by 40% amid the controversy surrounding the issue of urine contamination in Tsingtao beer. Meanwhile, Japanese beer imports increased by more than 300%
It took an overwhelming number one place. According to trade statistics from the Korea Customs Service on the 16th, the amount of Chinese beer imported last month was 2,281 tons, down 42.6% from the same month last year. Import amount is 1,927,000
000 dollars (approximately 290.7 million yen), a decrease of 37.3%. As a result, the amount and value of Chinese beer imports have continued to decline for four months since July this year.
On the 19th of last month, a video was posted on Chinese social media showing a man entering the storage area for malt, the raw material for beer, and urinating at the Qingdao beer factory in Shandong province.
The ripples spread. As a result, imports of Japanese beer are rapidly increasing in South Korea. The amount of Japanese beer imported last month was 7,243 tons, an increase of 302.7% compared to the same month last year.
added. The import value was $6,139,000 (approximately 926.1 million yen), an increase of 37.7%. In the beer section of large supermarkets, instead of Tsingtao Beer, Asahi Beer and Sappo are available.
Japanese beers such as Robeer and Kirin Beer dominate the sales floor. Due to this rapid increase in imports of Japanese beer, South Korea's total imports of foreign beer totaled 18,753 tons, an increase of 9% compared to the same month last year.
The import value increased by 23.6% to $17,348,000 (approximately 2,617,030,000 yen).