New virus Chinese broker Moves large orders for masks in Korea February 8 6:41
KBS, a Korean public broadcaster, reports that orders are flooding with Chinese brokers trying to buy large quantities of masks due to the spread of the new coronavirus, visiting factories in Korea one after another.
According to the KBS, mask factories in the suburbs of Seoul are receiving many unscheduled visits by Chinese brokers to buy masks.
Also, at another factory, Chinese people bring a lot of cash and order masks on the spot, or a large number of orders by telephone etc. such as wanting more than 100,000 masks to be prepared are repeated one after another. is.
Production plants have said they have refused all such large orders.
Increasing demand for masks in South Korea has also made it difficult to secure masks, such as rising prices, and the Korean government has begun restricting the quantity of masks taken out of the country from June 6 to ensure a stable supply of masks.