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Industry
Car Sales Figures for August
Car Sales Figures for August Car Sales Figures for August The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has released its car sales figures for August. The nation’s car production rose 44.3 percent year on year to 342,624 vehicles due to a low base effect. As consumer confidence improved, the number of vehicles sold on the domestic market climbed 29.4 percent to 125,044 vehicles. Led by strong marketing efforts and the introduction of new models, sales of domestic cars surged 29.0 percent. Th date2013-09-12
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Industry
Retail Sales Figures for July
○ Percentage of Total Sales - Household appliances and cultural goods : 12.7% - Apparel : 7.4% - Household goods : 18.9% - Sporting goods : 4.7% - General goods : 4.4% - Food : 52.0% ○ Growth Rate - Household appliances and cultural goods : -1.2% - Apparel : -8.8% - Household goods : -4.3% - Sporting goods : -6.8% - General goods : -7.0% - Food : -4.6% ○ Percentage of Total Sales - General goods : 21.3% - Women’s suits : 8.7% - Women’s casual wear : 12.6% - Men’s clothing : 6.8% - Children’s goods and sporting goods : 13.0% - Household goods : 10.4% - Luxury goods : 11.9% - Food : 15.3% ○ Growth Rate - General goods : -3.8% - Women’s suits : -4.8% - Women’s casual wear : -2.4% - Men’s clothing : -7.8% - Children’s goods and sporting goods : -0.7% - Household goods : 4.2% - Luxury goods : 1.4% - Food : 5.9% ○ Percentage of Total Sales - Household goods : 3.8% - General goods : 3.4% - Others : 37.2% - Food : 55.6% ○ Growth Rate - Household goods : 13.0% - General goods : -0.1% - Others : 7.7% - Food : 8.9% - Others include tobacco products. Sales Performance of Major Super Supermarket (SSM) Chains ○ Percentage of Total Sales - Daily necessities : 9.7% - General goods : 4.7% - Food : 85.6% ○ Growth Rate - Daily necessities : -2.7% - General goods : -9.7% - Food : -3.6% - Daily necessities include detergent, toothpaste, cosmetics and feminine products. date2013-08-22
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Industry
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
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Industry
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
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Industry
MOTIE Kickstarts Nano Korea 2013
date2013-07-19
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Industry
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
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Industry
Retail Sales Figures for May
date2013-06-20
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Industry
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
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Industry
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
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Industry
Retail Sales Figures for April
date2013-05-23