E-Malt.com News article: South Korea: Leading brewer Hitejinro says operating profit was down 17.3% last year

Hitejinro said on January 28th that on a consolidation basis, last year's operating profit was 172.1 billion won, down 17.3% from the previous year (208.1 billion won).

Revenue was 2.4986 trillion won, down 3.9% from the previous year (2.5992 trillion won). Net income was 408.5 billion won, down 57.3% from the previous year (957.4 billion won).

Hitejinro said that despite the contraction in the liquor market, revenue fell slightly but operating profit declined sharply.

A Hitejinro official said, "This year, we plan to pursue various market activation activities and strengthen our push into overseas markets."


29 January, 2026