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Sections Updated: Section I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, X and Appendix II

This report includes technical information and certificate requirements for food and agricultural product exports to the Republic of Korea.

After reaching a five-year high in 2024, Korea’s potato production will return to average levels in 2025.

While per capita grain consumption in Korea remains steady, or declining in the case of rice, increased manufacturing of K-food for exports drives total consumption, offsetting decreases in other sectors.

FAS/Seoul forecasts 2025 Korean cattle production and slaughter will drop to 951,000 head and 1,078,000 head respectively. FAS/Seoul forecasts 2025 beef imports to dip to 574,000 metric tons (MT).

In February 2017, Korea implemented new biotech labeling requirements for any food with detectable biotech ingredients. In May 2017, the National Seed Management Agency (NSMA) found....

Distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) are a byproduct of corn ethanol production. This derivative is primarily used in compound animal feeds as a vegetable based protein.

Citrus production in Marketing Year (MY) 2017/2018 is projected to continue a multi-year decrease to 560,000 MT, the lowest production level for the past two decades.

Several categories of U.S. food and agricultural exports to South Korea saw significant growth in fiscal year 2017 (Oct/Sept).

U.S. agricultural exports to South Korea have grown in recent years, largely due to tariff reductions and the lifting of non-tariff barriers under the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS).

On November 14, 2017, Statistics Korea (KOSTAT) released its revised 2017 rice production estimate of 3.972 million metric tons (MMT), slightly up from 3.955 MMT....

South Korea’s imports of American food and agricultural products in 2017 through September totaled $6.3 billion, up 25 percent from the same period of the previous year.