Annual revenue of US $ 120 million in fishing goods

▲ Imports of fishery products increase each year. Demand for imported fishing equipment is expected to increase further this year. © Getty Images Bank

Imports of fishery products are increasing every year.

The Customs Service said last year that imports of fishing equipment increased 22.2% from one year to another to $ 120 million, the highest level ever recorded. In the first half of this year, imports amounted to $ 81 million, up 38.3% year-over-year, and fishing equipment imports continued to increase.

Reel import items accounted for 29.7% of

Fishing reels totaled $ 36 million, up 23.1% from the previous year and $ 26 million in the first half, up 46.7% over the previous year. Fishing revenues were $ 30 million, up 25.2% from the previous year.

According to the importing countries of last year, the fishing reels were in the order of Japan (48.6%), China (28.9%) and Malaysia (13.6%). , 6%).

The total countries importing fishing equipment is China (46.0%), Japan (36.8%), Vietnam (5.7%), China (65.3% ), Japan (25.8%) and Vietnam Malaysia (4.1%) and the United States (2.4%) have surpbaded Japan since 2008 and continue to be the largest importer of Fishing gear.

Imports of fishery products in China totaled $ 56 million, up 34.4%, while the relatively inexpensive preference for Chinese fishing gear had a positive impact on import growth. Imports of fishery products to Japan reached $ 45 million, an increase of 8.2% over the same period.

As a result of the badysis of the current state of fishing equipment imports over the past 5 years, fishing equipment is in early summer when the Leisure activities and summer activities are started.

An official from the Korea Customs Service said: "While the trend towards the balance between work and life is spreading and fishing is widely known by broadcasting and broadcasting, the interest for fishing increases, the increase in fishing gear imports is expected to continue for the moment. "[데일리안 = 부광우 기자]