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Korea relies heavily on imports to fulfill its food and agricultural needs. Korea maintains a strong food processing industry that manufactures a wide variety of food and beverage products.

In 2017, domestic raw milk production totaled 2.06 million MT, down less than 1 percent from 2016. Since the FMD outbreak in 2010, local raw milk production has over-corrected....

In marketing year 2018/2019, FAS Seoul projects that Korea’s pear production will decline by close to 20 percent from the previous marketing year to 214,000 MT....

In Marketing Year (MY) 2018/19, heavy rains during the planting season caused farmers to opt out of the government program to reduce rice acreage and continue planting rice.

The Korean government has expended considerable resources in an effort to contain Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD) in swine and cattle as well as High Pathogen Avian Influenza (HPAI) in poultry farms.

Soybean imports are expected to be around 1.2 million MT for MY 2014/15, a decrease of six percent from the previous marketing year due to higher beginning stocks.