South Korea’s exports of cosmetics increased around 22 percent on-year to reach an all-time high in the first quarter of this year, amid the growing international popularity of Korean culture, government data showed.
According to the Korea Customs Service, the country’s exports of cosmetic products came to $2.3 billion in the January-March period, up 21.7 percent on-year from the same three-month period last year. The export figure is the highest ever for the first quarter.