Imported fruit from online malls threatens Korean fruit Chuseok special

Imported fruit gift sets have recently been popular in major online shopping malls, threatening the special Chuseok holiday of domestic fruits. On the 8th, at Coupang, Korea's largest online shopping mall, three products, green kiwi and gold kiwi from New Zealand, ranked 2nd, 4th and 8th in sales of fruit gift sets. In 1st and 3rd place, imported fruit was cut into easy-to-eat fruit sets. Considering that simple fruit sets are mainly sold for home consumption, imported kiwifruit has actually become the most popular fruit gift. The papaya set from the Philippines, the mixed set of foreign and domestic fruits, and the melon set from the United States also ranked 6th, 9th and 10th in sales, respectively. On the other hand, the domestic apple and pear gift sets ranked only 5th and 7th, respectively. The breakthrough of imported fruit sets was also found in other online shopping malls. If you look at Market Kurly's popularity ranking of fresh fruit gift sets, ...