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Back in February, the government set up the Export Trade Response Team... tasked with finding new growth engines in terms of exports.
They met for the second time on this Monday... and announced plans for several industries, including rechargable batteries.
Kim Da-mi has the details.
The Export Trade Response Team,... headed by the minister for trade,... discussed ways to foster new growth engines as well as investing some 2-hundred and seventy-eight million U.S. dollars to boost sluggish exports.
It said it will focus on investing the extra budget on financially assisting local exporters as well as helping the firms' marketing programs.
In particular, it said it would focus on fostering new growth engines for exports, including rechargeable batteries, biotechnology and consumer goods.
Exports of rechargeable batteries increased by 12 percent on-year in the first quarter of 2019,...thanks to higher demand for lithium-ion batteries for electric cars.
In order to support reusable batteries as a newly emerging export item, the industry ministry introduced plans for developing core technologies and R&D projects on its commercialization.
Next month the ministry will announce detailed measures to further expand the consumer goods exports,... which took up almost 5 percent of the country's total exports last year. These measures will include using the popularity of the Korean Wave Hallyu to market consumer goods.
Kim Da-mi, Arirang News.