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[인사이트] Reporter Ham Cheol-min = Recently, an unsanitary kimchi-making video that is believed to have been filmed in China is spreading with disgust for’Chinese kimchi’.
In restaurants, more and more customers asked, “Is this domestic kimchi?” When it comes to Chinese products, there are many customers who leave the store.
President A, who is currently running a kimchi stew specialty store in the self-employed online community’I’m sick because it’s the president’, said that sales were cut in half after the Chinese kimchi crash.
Mr. A, who runs a chain store, uses kimchi that is supplied from the kimchi factory at the head office, which uses Chinese red pepper powder for Korean cabbage.
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He said, “The average delivery is about 20 a day, but today only 5 cases are received, and the number of hall customers is limited.”
I want to use domestic kimchi because customers avoid Chinese products, but this is also not easy. This is because if you use domestic kimchi during difficult times due to corona, you cannot avoid food price hikes.
B, the self-employed, said that when the ingredients of pork kimchi stew, which costs 18,000 won for two people, are replaced with domestic kimchi, the price should be increased by 2,000 to 3,000 won.
He continued, “It is a reality that consumers don’t eat kimchi stew that costs more than 10,000 won per serving because they are expensive,” he said.
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According to the Korea Customs Service, the amount of kimchi imported last year was $152.43 million, an increase of 16.4% from the previous year. As domestic agricultural and fishery product prices and labor costs have risen, kimchi imports have increased.
99% of imported kimchi comes from China. Of the total kimchi imports, $15242 million came from China.
Many small restaurants in Korea rely on Chinese kimchi because of the high cost of using Korean kimchi.
Meanwhile, when the Chinese kimchi video was released, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said, “According to the confirmation through the Chinese Embassy in Korea, the cabbage in the video is not Chinese cabbage for export.”