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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.

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.