South Korea's coffee import value exceeds $1 billion for second consecutive year

It has been revealed that South Korea's coffee imports exceeded $1 billion (approximately 149.3 billion yen) for the second year in a row. According to import and export trade statistics from the Customs Service (equivalent to Japan's Ministry of Finance Customs), on the 11th, last year's
The import value of coffee (green beans and raw beans) was totaled at $1.11 billion (approximately 165.7 billion yen). This is 1.7 times more than five years ago, and 2.7 times more than 10 years ago. coffee
The import value exceeded $1 billion (approximately 149.3 billion yen) for the first time in 2022, and has exceeded $1 billion (approximately 149.3 billion yen) for two consecutive years until last year.
The amount of coffee imported last year was 193,000 tons, 22% more than in 2018, five years ago. This is about 1 adult per day.
Equivalent to consuming .3 cups. By country, a quarter of the coffee imported into South Korea last year came from Brazil. The import volume from Brazil exceeds 50,000 tons, with a value of 200 million dollars (approx.
29.9 billion yen). After Brazil, the largest import volume was Colombia.