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As you can see, the government is urgently seeking supplies here and there, but it is not enough to calm the situation. Prime Minister Kim Bu-gyeom apologized today (8th) saying that he would reflect on the criticism that the government's initial response was insufficient. 



In order to prevent this from happening in the future, it is important to have a stable supply system, which reporter Lee Seong-hoon pointed out.



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Prime Minister Kim Bu-gyeom acknowledged and apologized for the delayed response of the government to the shortage of urea water from China.



This is because it would have bought time if measures such as introduction diversification had been prepared since the middle of last month, when exports began to be suspended.



[Kim Bu-gyeom / Prime Minister: I will reflect painfully. There is such a pity that the situation could have been prevented from further aggravating if it had been a little aggressive in the beginning.] A



crackdown on hoarding stocks aimed at profiting from the surge in prices has also begun.



Urea manufacturers, importers, and distributors of urea water and urea importers store more than 10% of the average monthly sales volume last year.



Fundamentally, supply should be restored, but this is not enough.



27,000 liters of urea to be imported from Australia is only 5% of the daily consumption, and 600 tons of urea that can be made from 200 tons of urea imported from Vietnam is equivalent to one day's supply.



We are experimenting with converting industrial urea water to vehicles because it is difficult to match the concentration and purity.



In the mid- to long-term, we will secure domestic urea production facilities, develop alternative catalysts, and stabilize supply and demand for strategic stockpiled resources.



[Jeong In-gyo/Professor of International Trade, Inha University: The government should regularly investigate and issue a warning on items that are too dependent on a specific country.

Companies should also increase the number of importers to two or three…

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Currently, 31% of Korea's 12,000 imported goods are over 80% dependent on a specific country, so it is pointed out that similar problems may arise at any time.



(Video Edit: Hongmyeong Lee) 



▶ Seasonal, new car, bus…

Activation due to shortage of urea stock


▶ 200 tons of urea imported from Vietnam…

Up to 10,000 tons under discussion