Japanese Beer Sales Plummet by 86% in South Korea
The ongoing historical disputes between Korea and Japan has caused the sales of Japanese beer to drop by 86% in South Korea:
![Japanese beers on sales at a discount mart in Seoul on Thursday. [YONHAP]](https://i0.wp.com/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2021/01/28/d7631859-8e20-49d6-b5c1-3531c1d81ff2.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)
Japanese beer is fast losing share in the Korean market as drinkers shun the suds from across the East Sea.
Joong Ang Ilbo
In 2020, only $5.67 million worth of Japanese beer was imported, down 85.7 percent, according to Korea Customs Service.
It was the second consecutive yearly decline, and Japan now ranks ninth among imported beers.
The top position is held by Dutch beers, as $40.7 million worth was imported from the Netherlands. American beer ranked second at $34.9 million. Chinese beer took third place at $32.3 million, and Belgium beer ranked fourth at $26.7 million.
In 2019, $39.8 million worth of Japanese beer was imported, down nearly 50 percent year-on-year.
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Why would anyone drink radiation spiked Japanese beer made from ingredients grown around the Fukushima region which is suspiciously declared by the Japanese government as a safe zone, when there are far better tasting foreign beers on sale? I wouldn’t touch any foods stuff coming out of Japan, not knowing whether they came from Fukushima or not.
If OB is still the same “quality” it was in the 80s I’d stick to any foreign beer, even that swill from the US.
Fukushima bottled water still better than anything out of Commie China.
Japanese beer still better than Terra or Ass.