Sake sales exploding as young Koreans pony up

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Sake sales exploding as young Koreans pony up

Korea’s imports of Japanese rice wine jumped nearly 46 percent in the first half of this year amid the high popularity of Japanese-style restaurants among young Koreans, government data showed yesterday.

Korea imported 752 tons of Japanese rice wine, known as sake, in the January-June period, up 46.1 percent from the same period a year earlier, according to data from the Korea Customs Service.

The value of the imports came to $2.59 million, up 73.8 percent from a year earlier. Imports of Japanese rice wine amounted to 1,275 tons last year, up from 851 tons in 2006.

Yonhap
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