<Anchor>

Wednesday, friendly economy, Kwon Ae-ri reporter. Kwon Since the recent mask and hand sanitizer hoardings have been polarized, the government has decided to punish strongly from today (5th).

<Reporter>

Yes. It started to run from 0 o'clock today. Health masks and hand sanitizers If you are caught at a canteen level of activity, the government may face up to two years in prison or a fine of up to 50 million won.

It's until April that we have to be careful about the new coronas around the world, and it's until April 30th.

If you suspect that hoarding is taking place, anyone can report it to the Food and Drug Administration or to each reporting center.

Numbers that can be called on the phone The representatives of the KFDA's report center and some of the numbers that are being received by the local governments that have confirmed the movement of the clinicians so far are shown on the screen.
The most talked about the fortress, they sold out and suddenly couldn't let you go. Later, when you enter the same site, the same dealer, but the price was several times higher. Many reports of these actions are now being received by consumer sources.

If you believe this is happening excessively, you can call here.

After a few days of this situation, I changed my name and moved up the price. I have been talking about these cases.

In this case, it is difficult for the average consumer to find out at once, but it can be reported anyway. The government also runs an enforcement team.

<Anchor>

By the way, I need some criteria to distinguish whether it's a hoarding or a buying or selling business.

<Reporter>

Yes. There is a standard. There are the number of masks and hand sanitizers that the seller sold on average every year.

If the report was received or caught in a crackdown, and more than 150% of the monthly average sales volume for 2019 were accumulated for more than five days from the day of the investigation, we decided to view it as a canteen.

In fact, it's normal for sellers to maintain some inventory. However, in order to set the standard for hoarding, the government gathered opinions from civic groups and sellers dealing with real masks and hand sanitizers earlier this week.

That's a level of reconsideration. The government explained that it concluded that it could be viewed as a canteen.

Foreigners and international students are also punished under separate laws if they are caught while bringing out masks or hand sanitizers worth more than 2 million won without exporting them.

A few days later, some people didn't handle it before, but some people started selling new masks and hand sanitizers.

For those who have been in business for less than two months from the date of the survey, they decided to stock up if they did not sell or return for 10 days after obtaining the mask.

However, it is not hoarding only if you can prove that you have accumulated this stock because you receive a lot of returns from consumers, or if you can prove that you had it because it was so small that it would cost more to return it. I decided to judge.

<Anchor>

Because of the hoarding and the so-called Yamche marriage that you have said so far, is there any government action against the price?

<Reporter>

Yes. In fact, in recent years, supply of supplies has increased due to the general use of masks due to fine dust.

So right before this incident, of course, about KF80. If you buy dozens of KF94-level masks in packs of 100, you can easily get it for 400 ~ 500 won per sheet.

I usually sell a lot online in a bundle like that. But in just a few days it's hard to find less than 1,000 won per sheet. Expensive things cost 2,000 won per piece. No action is taken here.

We will start the crackdown and punishment with the buyout sale notice that will take effect from today and the hoarding ban notice that we have introduced so far.

If you look at the situation in the future and nevertheless the surge in the price of the mask does not calm down in the future, the price stability law has a basis for specifying the maximum price of the related product depending on the situation.

Let's take a look at the notice that will be implemented from today. The government explains that we can review this in the future.