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Korean seafood imports totaled $5.43 billion in 2019, down 6.3 percent from 2018. U.S. seafood imports decreased by 11.3 percent from $261 million to $232 million.

Korea updated the web portal used to register foreign food facilities that export to this market. Registration is a requirement for import clearance and must be renewed every two years.

U.S. distilled spirits exports to South Korea totaled $13.4 million in 2019, up 12.2 percent from 2018. The top U.S. products in the market are whiskey, vodka, and liqueurs.

U.S. agricultural and related product exports to South Korea exceeded nine billion dollars in 2018, making it our fifth largest agricultural export market.

Korea’s total citrus production for Marketing Year (MY) 2019/20 (October – September) is projected to increase six percent to 645,000 metric tons (MT) from 607,638 MT in MY 2018/19.

On November 12, 2019, Statistics Korea (KOSTAT) released its revised 2019 rice production estimate of 3.744 million metric tons (MMT), down 1 percent from the initial rice production estimate....

In Marketing Year (MY) 2019/20 (July – June), Korea’s fresh apple production is projected to increase 7 percent to 508,000 metric tons (MT), mainly due to favorable weather during the flowering....