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2015 Korean potato production decreased eight percent to 546,000 metric tons (MT) from 591,000 MT in 2014.

Notable updates for MY 2016/17 include an increase in Korean wheat consumption to 4.9 Million Metric Tons (MMT), due to anticipated increases in consumption of competitively-priced feed grade wheat.

With climate change and air pollution at the forefront of environmental concerns, Bioethanol is a proposed solution in addressing these issues.

Consumption of U.S. beef continues to gradually rise as consumer confidence in its safety goes up, however it’s less competitive due to higher prices and stiff competition.

As the well being trend is set to become even more prominent in Korea – U.S. Equivalency Agreement (KORUS EA) implementation since July 2014, the prospects for imported organic food seem very bright.

Expansion and diversification of large-scale retail businesses coupled with introduction of information technologies has led a rapid evolvement of the retail food sector in South Korea...

Wheat imports remain fairly steady at 3.9 and 4 million tons for MY 2014/15 and MY2015/16 respectively.