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CHANGCHUN - A Chinese company plans to export at least 1,500 tonnes of cabbage to South Korea, as soaring vegetable prices at home force Seoul to increase imports to feed kimchi-loving Koreans.
The cabbage - a key ingredient in the spicy, pickled kimchi - will be shipped to South Korea from northeast China's Jilin province, said a manager with Gaorong Agricultural Co Ltd, the Changchun-based exporting company.
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The contract was inked after South Korea decided to temporarily remove import tariffs on Chinese cabbages earlier this month after local cabbage prices shot up a whopping 118.9 percent in September, causing a supply crisis.
An unusually long period of bad weather was blamed for the wide-spread failure in South Korean output.
Kimchi, made of cabbage fermented in white radish and chili paste seasoning, is the national dish of South Korea.