South Korea: COVID-19 Impact on Food Market Trends in Korea

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   KS2021-0012

Link to report:

South Korea: COVID-19 Impact on Food Market Trends

COVID-19 has shaped food trends in South Korea. Online food sales grew by 46 percent in 2020 to $17 billion. Spending on home meal replacement kits and wine increased as people ate and drank more at home. The restaurant industry suffered as eating in restaurants decreased by 7.5 percent.

COVID-19, Exporting
East Asia and the Pacific, South Korea
Processed Food Products

Database Source:

Related Reports

View More
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Ukraine: Biotechnology and Other New Production Technologies Annual

The biotechnology regulatory system in Ukraine is still not fully developed, but the country is gradually adjusting its domestic policies to align with European Union regulations.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Tunisia: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

Tunisia is continuing to postpone non-urgent matters in front of major political and economic reforms. As a result, Tunisia’s biosafety framework, which was drafted in 2014, remains on hold with no timeframe for a review and parliamentary vote.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Thailand: Rice Price - Weekly

Export prices of white and parboiled rice rose one percent from the previous week as exporters reportedly continued to secure the rice supplies to fulfill contract shipments.