Korea, like Taiwan, must rely on imports for all of its petroleum and therefore suffers from high costs. If it exports these products, profits are eaten up by transportation costs and customs duties. Such business doesn't profit the company at all. Li says it's just a shame that the over-arching ambition of the Korean petrochemicals industry pushes it to constant expansion.
尤其韓國和台灣一樣，石油要仰賴進口，成本上已經吃虧，如果要外銷，利潤又會被運費和關稅吃掉，根本不划算，可惜野心勃勃的韓國業者卻仍一味求大。