Stronger dollar drives import price increases
Published: 16 Sep. 2025, 19:09
![Stronger dollar pushed Korea’s import prices higher for the second consecutive month, according to the Bank of Korea’s August export-import price index. Coffee prices surged 13.4%, leading hikes among key items including pigments (3.8%), precious metal products (2.4%), flash memory (1.0%), and frozen seafood (1.1%). This photo shows coffee beans displayed at a hypermarket in Seoul on Sept. 16. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2025/09/16/fde68c92-eb9e-4335-bdd9-39c3fda7763b.jpg)
Stronger dollar pushed Korea’s import prices higher for the second consecutive month, according to the Bank of Korea’s August export-import price index. Coffee prices surged 13.4%, leading hikes among key items including pigments (3.8%), precious metal products (2.4%), flash memory (1.0%), and frozen seafood (1.1%). This photo shows coffee beans displayed at a hypermarket in Seoul on Sept. 16. [YONHAP]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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