South Korea’s exports of coronavirus test kits jumped on-year in the first 20 days of this month, data showed.

Exports of test kits stood at $131.9 million in the 20-day period, compared with $7.25 million for the same period last year, according to the data from the Korea Customs Service.

So far this year, Korea has exported test kits to a total of 106 nations.

Brazil, the top buyer, imported $19.2 million worth of test kits from Korea. Next were the United States and Italy. (Yonhap)