Oranges and bananas in South Korea are more expensive than last year even with tariff-free, mangoes are cheap

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Yun-gu = While the prices of apples, pears, and tangerines have soared to more than 1.5 times the level of a year ago, even the prices of imported fruits such as oranges, bananas, and pineapples have increased compared to last year despite the government's 'tariff-free' measure. The government applied tariff quotas to imported fruits to stabilize fruit prices, but fruit prices did not fall significantly, but rather rose. This is interpreted to be because the pre-import price itself has risen due to rising production costs or poor crop conditions. According to the agricultural product distribution information compiled by the Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corporation (aT) on the 14th, the price of oranges (American Navels), which are the most imported after bananas, was 17,723 won per 10 pieces as of mid-month, compared to 16,276 won in mid-March last year. It rose 8.9%. The price of American oranges fell from 18,477 won at the beginning of ...