Nkhani

Mu theka loyamba la chaka cha 2022, kutumiza kunja kwa zinthu zaumoyo monga mankhwala aku Korea, zida zachipatala ndi zodzoladzola kunafika pamlingo wapamwamba kwambiri. Mankhwala ochizira matenda a COVID-19 ndi katemera zimathandizira kutumiza kunja.
Malinga ndi bungwe la Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), katundu wotumizidwa kunja kwa makampaniwa anali $13.35 biliyoni mu theka loyamba la chaka chino. Chiwerengerochi chinakwera ndi 8.5% kuchokera pa $12.3 biliyoni mu kotala la chaka chatha ndipo chinali chiwerengero chapamwamba kwambiri cha theka la chaka. Chinalemba zoposa $13.15 biliyoni mu theka lachiwiri la 2021.
Malinga ndi mafakitale, kutumiza mankhwala kunja kunafika pa US$4.35 biliyoni, kukwera ndi 45.0% kuchokera ku US$3.0 biliyoni mu nthawi yomweyi mu 2021. Kutumiza zida zamankhwala kunja kunafika pa USD4.93 biliyoni, kukwera ndi 5.2% pachaka. Chifukwa cha kuikidwa m'nyumba ku China, kutumiza zodzoladzola kunja kunatsika ndi 11.9% kufika pa $4.06 biliyoni.
Kukula kwa malonda ogulitsa mankhwala kunja kunayendetsedwa ndi mankhwala achilengedwe ndi katemera. Kutumiza kunja kwa mankhwala achilengedwe kunafika pa $1.68 biliyoni, pomwe kutumiza kunja kwa katemera kunafika pa $780 miliyoni. Zonsezi ndi 56.4% ya malonda onse ogulitsa mankhwala kunja. Makamaka, kutumiza kunja kwa katemera kunawonjezeka ndi 490.8% chaka ndi chaka chifukwa cha kukula kwa kutumiza kunja kwa katemera wotsutsana ndi COVID-19 komwe kunapangidwa motsatira mgwirizano.
Pankhani ya zipangizo zachipatala, zinthu zoyezera matenda zimakhala ndi gawo lalikulu kwambiri, kufika pa $2.48 biliyoni, kukwera ndi 2.8% kuchokera nthawi yomweyi mu 2021. Kuphatikiza apo, kutumiza zida zojambulira za ultrasound ($390 miliyoni), zoyikamo (340 miliyoni) ndi zida za X-ray ($330 miliyoni) kunapitilira kukula, makamaka ku US ndi China.