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The Canada Beef booth at the Seoul Food and Hotel exhibition in 2021

Market Intelligence Update from Canada Beef: South Korean beef demand recovers as import tariffs drop

By Ichiro Kiyotomi February 23, 2023

Despite rising inflation and interest rates, beef demand has slowly recovered in South Korea. General consumer sentiment has been weak due to high inflation rates and interest rates and a stagnant economic situation, including poor export records. But beef demand has been recovering gradually thanks to year-end spending and the Lunar New Year holiday in […] Read more

A Canadian beef tasting event at Home Plus hypermarket with 130 stores.

Global markets, Markets

Market Intelligence Update from Canada Beef: Demand for Canadian beef in Korea may rise further

By Ichiro Kiyotomi December 7, 2022

Canadian beef imports to South Korea are up substantially from last year, and the possibility of temporary tariff cuts and a drop in U.S. beef imports may create even more demand for Canadian beef. Korea’s total beef imports in September 2022 were 48,727 tonnes, up 12.7 per cent year-over-year but down 30.4 per cent from […] Read more

File photo of fresh cherries purchased from an orchard’s roadside stand at Penticton, B.C. (Amy Mitchell/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables

B.C. cherries cleared for export to Korea

Canada-Korea free trade pact a step ahead on lower tariffs

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 22, 2022

Canada’s seven-year-old free trade pact with South Korea already provides for reduced tariffs on cherries from British Columbia — a commodity that’s just been approved for export to Korea for the first time starting this month. Canadian agriculture and food safety officials announced Aug. 10 that talks with Seoul on import rules and certifications had […] Read more

Global markets, News

Market Intelligence Update from Canada Beef: Beef exports to South Korea surge

By Brooklyn Braun July 25, 2022

Despite an import ban early in the year, South Korea’s imports of Canadian beef spiked in March and April. South Korea banned Canadian beef imports from December of 2021 until January 19, 2022, due to an atypical BSE case found in an Alberta cow. January volumes were down 41 per cent from last year but […] Read more

File photo of Korean braised short ribs. (Sungsu Han/iStock/Getty Images)

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Korea suspends Canadian beef imports after BSE case

No other countries yet considering suspensions, CFIA says

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 22, 2021

Winnipeg | Reuters — South Korea has suspended beef imports from Canada, which last week reported its first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in six years, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Wednesday. South Korea, the fourth-largest beef importer in the world, is seeking more information about the case before lifting its suspension, the […] Read more

A macrophage (immune response) cell in early stages of infection with African swine fever virus, magnified about 1,000x. (Keith Weller photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

South Korea confirms new cases of African swine fever

By Reuters September 23, 2019

Seoul | Reuters — South Korea has confirmed new cases of African swine fever at hog farms in cities near the capital Seoul after the country’s first outbreak of the deadly virus last week, the agriculture ministry said on Monday. The new case occurred at a pig farm with about 1,800 pigs in the city […] Read more

Namdaemun, the “Great Southern Gate” in the walls that once surrounded the city of Seoul. This photo was taken before a 2008 fire damaged the gate’s wooden structure, which was restored by May 2013. (CIA.gov)

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat

South Korea lifts suspension on Canadian wheat sales

By Reuters June 26, 2018

Seoul | Reuters — South Korea’s food ministry on Tuesday said it had lifted a temporary suspension on sales of Canadian wheat as it had not discovered any unapproved genetically modified strains during tests on imports. South Korea suspended sales of Canadian wheat last week after Canada announced the discovery in mid-2017 of an unapproved […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat

South Korea halts sale of Canadian wheat, flour

By Reuters June 18, 2018

Seoul | Reuters — South Korea has suspended the sale of wheat and flour from Canada after Canadian officials announced last week the discovery in mid-2017 of an unapproved genetically modified trait in southern Alberta. “We will only allow sale of wheat products that are confirmed not to contain unapproved genetically modified wheat,” South Korea’s […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn hits seven-month high on exports

By Michael Hirtzer March 13, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed to a seven-month high on Tuesday, buoyed by robust export demand amid drought conditions in No. 3 global shipper Argentina, traders said. Soybeans also rose as rains forecast this week in Argentina were likely to provide only limited relief for soy and corn plants damaged by months […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Cargill expects grain glut to last long time

By jane-chung, GFM Network News May 12, 2017

Seoul | Reuters –– Commodity firm Cargill expects international grain markets to remain oversupplied for a long time due to bountiful harvests and a rise in storage, the head of the global commodity trader said on Friday. Bumper crops have flooded many markets, dragging on prices for grains and hitting profits at agribusiness giants including […] Read more

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Market Intelligence Update from Canada Beef: South Korean beef demand recovers as import tariffs drop

Market Intelligence Update from Canada Beef: Demand for Canadian beef in Korea may rise further

B.C. cherries cleared for export to Korea

Market Intelligence Update from Canada Beef: Beef exports to South Korea surge

Korea suspends Canadian beef imports after BSE case

South Korea confirms new cases of African swine fever

South Korea lifts suspension on Canadian wheat sales

South Korea halts sale of Canadian wheat, flour

U.S. grains: Corn hits seven-month high on exports

Cargill expects grain glut to last long time

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