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Korean government also decided to join the sanctions to kick out Russian banks from the international money settlement network.
Korean companies that trade with Russia have been busy preparing countermeasures.
This news is from reporter Im Tae-woo.
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A company that imports Russian king crab suddenly has an emergency.
This is because we do not know exactly whether import customs clearance is possible or whether payment will be made in the future.
[Importer official: Because we are importing from Russia, we are watching right now because we are afraid that there will be sanctions, but it is difficult to import because there is a problem with remittance…
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The pulp importing company was also denied a letter of credit required for import by all four of its banks.
The aftermath of the US decision to exclude Russia from Swift, an international money transfer system.
Although remittance is still possible, domestic banks are reluctant to conduct business related to Russia because they do not know when it will be cut off.
Until recently, we had received 106 complaints from authorities about trade difficulties, half of which were payment issues.
[Trade Association official: (Letter of credit) is not opened, and even if a letter of credit is received, the bank does not give money based on the letter of credit, so it is almost impossible to make a transaction.]
The government holds inspection meetings every day, and for domestic import and export companies He announced that he would support an emergency loan worth 2 trillion won.
It also plans to find non-sanctioned Russian banks and create alternative accounts for transactions.