Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Car Sales Figures for July

Car Sales Figures for July The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has released its car sales figures for July. The nation’s car production declined 6.1 percent year on year to 334,139 vehicles due to partial strikes of auto workers. However the number of vehicles sold on the domestic market rose 5.8 percent to 140,642 vehicles thanks to the introduction of new models by domestic auto makers and brisk sales of imported cars. Even amid unfavorable economic conditions, new models and str date2013-08-12

Retail Sales Figures for June

○ Percentage of Total Sales - Household appliances and cultural goods : 12.2% - Apparel : 8.2% - Household goods : 19.1% - Sporting goods : 4.5% - General goods : 4.6% - Food : 51.4%   ○ Growth Rate - Household appliances and cultural goods : 20.6% - Apparel : 4.4% - Household goods : 4.2% - Sporting goods : 5.2% - General goods : 7.2% - Food : -0.2%         ○ Percentage of Total Sales - General goods : 20.2% - Women’s suits : 9.3% - Women’s casual wear : 12.9% - Men’s clothing : 8.9% - Children’s goods and sporting goods : 14.1% - Household goods : 9.6% - Luxury goods : 12.6% - Food : 12.4% ○ Growth Rate - General goods : 1.1% - Women’s suits : -3.1% - Women’s casual wear : 3.2% - Men’s clothing : 0.0% - Children’s goods and sporting goods : 4.1% - Household goods : 15.7% - Luxury goods : 5.4% - Food : 4.6%       ○ Percentage of Total Sales - Household goods : 3.4% - General goods : 3.3% - Others : 36.6% - Food : 56.8%   ○ Growth Rate - Household goods : 11.5% - General goods : -0.1% - Others : 7.6% - Food : 10.8%   Sales Performance of Major Super Supermarket (SSM) Chains ○ Percentage of Total Sales - Daily necessities : 9.3% - General goods : 4.9% - Food : 85.8%   ○ Growth Rate - Daily necessities : -2.3% - General goods : -4.9% - Food : -2.5%   - Daily necessities include detergent, toothpaste, cosmetics and feminine products.     date2013-07-25

MOTIE Kickstarts Nano Korea 2013

date2013-07-19

Car Sales Figures for First Half of 2013

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has released its car sales figures for the first half of 2013. The nation’s car production fell 4.3 percent to 2,279,790 vehicles mainly due to reduced working hours. Exports for the first six months declined 6.7 percent to 1,587,273 vehicles, with rising overseas production and a weaker Japanese yen as contributing factors. While exports to the United States continued to show modest growth on the back of market recovery, Korea sent fewer cars t date2013-07-11

Retail Sales Figures for May

date2013-06-20

MOTIE Releases Car Sales Figures for May

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has released its car sales figures for May. The nation’s car production fell 0.9 percent year on year to 385,371 vehicles due to reduced working hours. The number of vehicles sold on the domestic market continued to grow thanks to the introduction of new models by domestic auto makers. Sales of imported cars posted the highest-ever monthly performance on the back of healthy sales growth for German and Japanese brands. With domestic cars’ i date2013-06-13

Korea, Europe Mark 4th “EUREKA Day”

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held the 4th Korea EUREKA Day event for three days in Istanbul, Turkey starting May 28. EUREKA is a pan-European network that promotes international, market-oriented research and innovation. In 2009, Korea became the first non-European nation to join the network as an Associate Country. Korea holds the EUREKA day event every year to widen the scope of technological ties with EUREKA members. On the first day, participants learned about Korea’s in date2013-05-31

Retail Sales Figures for April

date2013-05-23

MOTIE Releases Car Sales Figures for April

MOTIE Releases Car Sales Figures for April The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has released its car sales figures for April. Despite more working days last month, the nation’s car production declined 2.5 percent year on year to 386,446 vehicles due to reduced working hours and sluggish export growth. The introduction of new models by domestic car producers and rising demand for imported cars, however, boosted vehicle sales on the domestic market up 3.0 percent to 132,938 units. Exp date2013-05-13

Retail Sales Figures for March

date2013-04-19