[Economy 365]



Although the publicly announced apartment price recorded a double-digit increase for two years in a row, the number of objections decreased to one-fifth of last year.



The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has finalized and publicly announced the public housing price for 2022 after collecting opinions, deliberation and resolution.



14.22 in Seoul, 23.17 in Gyeonggi, 29.32% in Incheon, etc., and the nationwide increase was 17.2%.



Following last year's 19.05%, this year's rate was a double-digit increase, and the number of opinions received nationwide was about 9,300, which was 19% of last year's.



This seems to be due to the government's announcement that it would reduce the tax burden by applying last year's published prices only to single-family homeowners.



You can file an objection until the 30th of the next month, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has decided to re-investigate the objection and announce the adjusted price on June 24th.



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It was found that the amount of venture investment in the first quarter of this year reached an all-time high.



According to the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, venture investment in the first quarter reached 2.8 trillion won, up 57.9% from the previous high in the first quarter of last year.



The number of investments, the amount of investment per case, the number of investee companies, and the amount of investment per company were also all-time highs.



Investment increased in all industries compared to last year, and 73.9% of the total investment was concentrated in information and communication technology, distribution service, and biomedical industries.



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Exports of passenger cars in the first quarter decreased for the first time in seven quarters due to production disruptions caused by disruptions in the global supply chain and a sharp drop in exports to Russia.



According to the Korea Customs Service, passenger car exports from January to March amounted to $10.92 billion, down 0.6 percent from the same period last year.



This was the first decline since the second quarter of 2020, and the number of exports was also down 8.3% from a year ago.



Imports of passenger cars in the first quarter were $3 billion, up 4.6% from a year earlier, while imports fell 3.1%.