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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.

This report provides an overview of the impact to date of COVID-19 on the Korean trade balance, distribution channels, wholesale prices and government support programs provided to cope with the...

The Korean food market has been seriously hit by the on-going COVID-19 outbreak.

U.S. beer exports to South Korea totaled $67 million in 2019, up 74 percent from the previous year.

The outbreak in Korea of Novel Corona Virus 2019 (COVID 19) in January 2020, is creating significant economic headwinds, reducing demand for animal protein.

In April 2019, the Rural Development Administration (RDA) announced the creation of its Center to Commercialize New Breeding Technologies.

FAS Seoul forecasts that Korean soybean production for MY 2020/21 will increase by 3 percent.

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

Korean imports of seafood in 2016 totaled $4.5 billion, up 6.2 percent from 2015 due to rising prices.

This first Korean apple report highlights the production of apples in Korea, with total apple production in Marketing Year (MY) 2017/18 expected to be around 565,000 metric tons (MT).

After a difficult year in 2017 caused by a long-lasting Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak in Korea, Post projects that production will rebound in marketing year (MY) 2018....