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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.

South Korea is the United States’ second largest beef market by value, a remarkable turnaround from the market closure in late 2003.

Korean rice production is forecast to decrease in MY 2018/19 as the government’s rice reduction program takes effect.

This is an update to implementation of Korea’s Special Act on Imported Food Safety Management (GAIN KS1609).