Sea salt prices tripled in South Korea: Goesan pickled cabbage producers are struggling with the recent scarcity

(Goesan = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Jong-guk = Recently, as salt prices have skyrocketed and shortages have been seen, there has been an emergency to farmers who produce pickled cabbages in Goesan, Chungcheongbuk-do. According to Goesan-gun on the 21st, the consumer price of sea salt from 6,000 to 7,000 won at this time last year has recently tripled to 17,000 to 20,000 won. Last year, production plummeted due to frequent rains, and when the news of Japan's discharge of contaminated water from nuclear power plants was reported, the season of sea salt stocking was also appearing. Salt is a necessity for local farmers who produce 1 million boxes of pickled cabbage each year (20 kg per box). The required amount per year is about 100,000 bags (based on 20kg). The Goesan Countryside Pickled Cabbage Farming Association and Goesan Nonghyup, which have been supplying Sinan sea salt to these farms every year, have secured a considerable amount of 12,000 to 13,000 won last month, and are ...