According to South Korean media reports on April 13, the World Kimchi Institute released data on the 12th showing that South Korea's imports of kimchi from China in 2017 amounted to 275,631,000 tons, an increase of 8.8% compared with 253,432,000 tons in the previous year. The scale of South Korea's kimchi imports has shown an increase for three consecutive years since 2015.

At present, most restaurants in South Korea use Chinese-made kimchi, the report said. A report released by the World Kimchi Institute in September last year showed that the import share of kimchi consumption in South Korea accounts for about 35 percent. Of the kimchi used in restaurants, 89.9 percent is made in China, with the low price of imported kimchi being the main reason.

Reports say that in the "imported kimchi" to South Korea in a big way to the situation of the table, South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Industry and Food on the 12th released the "kimchi industry revitalization of the Comprehensive Plan", and strive to 2022 before the proportion of domestic kimchi in 2016 to increase more than 5 percent. To this end, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Industry and Food has formulated six strategies.

The Korean government will also improve the flavor and quality of kimchi, and will adopt a system similar to that for labeling beef grades to increase the competitiveness of Korean kimchi. The government will also strengthen the regulation of kimchi's origin to eliminate the illegal circulation of imported kimchi in the market. In addition, it will promote kimchi exports by increasing overseas publicity. However, experts predicted that it is still unknown whether the relevant strategies released this time will be effective due to the wide price gap between kimchi in China and South Korea.

The report said that mainland China has been exporting kimchi to South Korea. Because Shandong and South Korea's cabbage belongs to the same species, and then improved to cater to the tastes of South Koreans, mainland China exported 254,000 tons of kimchi to South Korea **** last year, an increase of 13% over the previous year.