In the first two months of the year, a total of 277,045TEU were traded between South Korea and Japan in January-February, decreasing 9.3% year on year from 305,550TEU, according to the Korea Nearsea Freight Conference (KNFC).
In January, container movement between the economies declined a notable 10.6% to 139,974TEU, as the Lunar New Year holidays in South Korea and the New Year holidays in Japan both fell on the month in question. In February, the novel Covid-19 infection spread unexpectedly,...
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