Korea‘s pharmaceutical exports up 15% last year

Korea’s exports of pharmaceutical goods rose nearly 15 percent last year but the industry continued to log a trade deficit, a trade group said yesterday.

According to the Korea Pharmaceutical Traders Association, a pharmaceutical industry lobbying group, exports of pharmaceutical goods stood at $2.39 billion last year, up 18.9 percent from a year earlier. But imports shot up to $5.58 billio...