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Under the 2019 rice Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ), Korea purchased a total of 408,700 metric tons (MT) of rice (milled basis) from three countries: the United States, China, and Vietnam.

Section Updated: Section I, II, III, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX and Appendix I and II.

This report provides minimal updates compared to the previous year’s report.

In MY 2018/19, total production of grain and other crops (grain-equivalent basis for potatoes) dropped 12 percent from the previous marketing year to an estimated 4.9 million metric tons....

The Korean government implemented a volume-based liquor tax for beer on January 1, 2020.

The Korea- Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA) was officially signed by both parties on April 8th, approximately two years after the KORUS FTA went into effect in March 2012.

Chicken production is expected to increase 5.1 percent to 746,000 MT in 2014 and to 753,000 MT in 2015 due to greater broiler chick production and higher parental stock inventory.