[Photo] Government Allocates Additional 20,000 Tons for Imported Fruit Tariff Reduction

On the 22nd, when the government discussed price stabilization measures including the allocation of an additional 20,000 tons of tariff reduction quotas for imported fruits to stabilize fruit prices, imported oranges were displayed at a large supermarket in Seoul. On the same day, Choi Sang-mok, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, presided over a meeting with relevant ministers on economic issues and discussed plans to introduce the remaining 527 tons of orange tariff reduction and low-tariff quota (TRQ) volume in full by February, allocate an additional 20,000 tons of tariff reduction volume for imported fruits by the end of March, and allow direct import by supermarkets, among other institutional improvements.