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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.

The Korean food market has been significantly impacted by the on-going COVID-19 virus outbreak as consumers since the first local infection reported on January 20, 2020.

Korea launched a new website for displaying agricultural product pesticide maximum residue limits (MRLs).

The pet population in Korea has been steadily increasing.

On December 24, 2018, Korea issued an updated list of adjustment tariffs and voluntary tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for certain agricultural, forestry and fishery products....

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....