*The South Korean Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act prohibits circular shareholding of business groups with total assets of ten trillion South Korean won or more. According to the law, a member company of a business group subject to limitations on circular shareholding "shall neither acquire nor hold shares of any affiliate that, in turn, acquires or holds shares of that member company."
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Gross profit distribution of profit corporations South Korea 2019, by size
In 2019, gross profits of companies subject to cross-shareholding restrictions accounted for about ** percent of total gross profits of for-profit companies in South Korea. Together with other large companies, they accounted for more than ** percent of total gross profits that year.
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