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

This report outlines specific requirements for food and agricultural product imports into the Republic of South Korea. Updates to the 2022 FAIRS Report are included in Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, X and Appendix II.

Korea has a strong food processing industry that manufactures a wide variety of food and beverage products. It also relies heavily on imports to fulfill its food and agricultural needs.

The 2022 U.S. Agricultural Export Yearbook provides a statistical summary of U.S. agricultural commodity exports to the world during the 2022 calendar year.

MY 2014/15 wheat consumption and imports remain unchanged at 3.7 million and 3.9 million tons respectively.

The United States has an organic equivalency arrangement with Korea for processed organic products that took effect July 1, 2014. So long as terms of the arrangements are met...

The United States won contracts totaling 60,067 MT (milled) of rice, worth $62 million, under the 2014 Minimum Market Access agreement.

The Korean government is responding to several recent cases of HPAI in duck and chicken populations in order to contain the spread of the disease.

The Korean government is responding to several recent cases of FMD in swine and cattle in order to contain the spread of the disease.

U.S. exports of fish and seafood reached a record $5.3 billion in FY 2014. Recent growth in U.S. exports has primarily been due to increased volume rather than higher prices.

Unshu orange production in 2015/16 is forecast to decline about eight percent to 640,000 MT from 697,000 MT in the 2014/15 crop year, mainly due to a reduction in planted area and lower yield.

The updates include the U.S.- Korea equivalency arrangement on processed organic products, addition of aflatoxin and some contaminant standards.