Pharmaceutical exports from January to April last year were found to have fallen 19% from the same period in the previous year.

According to the Korea Customs Service on the 16th, pharmaceutical exports from January to April this year have recorded $2,191,880,000 (approx. ₩2.81 trillion). This is a 19% decrease from the $2,689,820,000 (approx. ₩3.45 trillion) accrued last year.

In the same period, the amount of imports increased 42% from $2,534,920,000 (approx. ₩3.25 trillion) to $3,603,450,000 (approx. ₩4.62 trillion).

With exports greatly reduced and a surge in imports, the trade balance of pharmaceuticals, which recorded a surplus in the same period