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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.

In 2012, retail sales of cheese reached a recorded to $404.7 million, which was an 11 percent increase from 2011. The United States was the largest dairy exporting country with 31 percent market share, followed by New Zealand with 18 percent, the EU...

A rapidly growing middle class in North Asia is expected to boost demand for U.S. agricultural exports over the next decade.

A look at U.S. exports to South Korea in the year since since the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement entered into force.

While trade in chocolate confectionery remains small relative to overall demand, U.S. exporters are finding opportunities in both developed and emerging markets around the globe.