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TheCattleSite Latest News
News from Korea, South
Friday, August 27, 2010
Korean Beef Imports Remain High KOREA - Korean beef imports maintained their momentum during July, jumping 21 per cent year-on-year, to 21,575 tonnes swt, with shipments for the first seven months of 2010 up 21 per cent on 2009 levels, at 146,244 tonnes swt.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Korea Delays Beef Talks With Canada SOUTH KOREA - Bilateral talks between Korea and Canada to be held on 13 July this year to discuss the resumption of Canadian beef imports into Korea were unexpectedly delayed.
Friday, July 02, 2010
Economic Growth To Spur Korean Meat Demand SOUTH KOREA - Demand for feed corn in South Korea, the world's third largest corn buyer, is expected to increase five per cent in 2010, as the continued economic recovery boosts meat consumption, according to Nonghyup Feed Inc.
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Korean Cattle Slaughter Falls After Five Year Growth KOREA - Korean cattle slaughter totalled 252,318 head during the first four months of 2010 - a decline of 12 per cent compared to the same period in 2009. With the decline in domestic beef production, demand for imported beef surged, rising 16 per cent...
Friday, June 04, 2010
Unchanged Conditions in Korean Wholesale Market SOUTH KOREA - Similar to last week, Australian beef exporters reported on steady to slower demand from Korean traders this week, according to Meat and Livestock Australia.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Korean Wholesale Market Struggles With Rib Prices SOUTH KOREA - The Korean market reported another tough week for its most wanted item – short ribs. Prices for imported short rib have surged since the beginning 2010, primarily due to falling supplies.
Friday, April 16, 2010
FMD Not Stopping Korean Beef Demand SOUTH KOREA - One week before the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in Ganghwa, Korean prices for cattle and pig carcases dropped slightly, but picked up since then, despite the infectious disease.
Friday, March 05, 2010
Traders Struggle to Satisfy Korean Beef Demand KOREA - Australia’s beef traders reported on solid demand and strong prices from Korea this week, but were at times unable to capitalise on this demand due to the lack of beef supply. This resulted in low beef trading among Korean wholesalers.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Korea Not Yet Declaring End of Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak SOUTH KOREA - The Korean government has said it will that it will delay declaring an end to the livestock foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Korea for about a month to prevent a recurrence of the highly contagious disease.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Korea's FMD Impact On Trade And Retail SOUTH KOREA - The Korean Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) has reported that no additional foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) cases were found since 19 January and there have been no reports on suspected cases since 21 January...
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Second Foot and Mouth Outbreak SOUTH KOREA - South Korea reported on Thursday another outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in a local cattle farm, about a week after the first outbreak in eight years, the government said.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Five Markets Close Over Foot-and-Mouth Disease SOUTH KOREA - Five cattle markets in South Korea on Monday decided to close indefinitely following the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the country.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Price of 'Hanwoo' Hits Record High in Q4 SOUTH KOREA - Prices for a head of domestically raised beef cattle hit a record high in the fourth quarter of last year due to a surge in demand.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
US Beef Campaign In South Korea SOUTH KOREA - The US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) this week unveiled a multimedia advertising campaign with a “women-to-women” theme designed to raise the visibility of US beef among South Korean consumers and counteract persistent negative images that...
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Korean Cattle Slaughter Tumbles After Chuseok KOREA - In September, total Korean cattle slaughter rose 74 per cent on August this year and 69 per cent on the same month last year in anticipation of increased beef demand for Chuseok.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Korean Beef Imports - Highest Since Early 2008 SOUTH KOREA - In September this year (one month before Chuseok), Korea imported the highest volume of beef since January 2008, totalling 21,750 tonnes swt.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Korean Beef Hits Its Priciest Ever SOUTH KOREA - Demand for hanwoo (Korean beef) has failed to fall after the end of the Chuseok holiday season.
Friday, October 09, 2009
Restaurant Defies the Odds by Selling US Steaks SOUTH KOREA - A little over one year ago, South Koreans were lining up by the thousands to protest – against their own government and against US beef.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Canada Unhappy with Korean Beef Ban SOUTH KOREA - South Korean trade measures are affecting the importation of bovine meat and meat products from Canada.
Friday, June 26, 2009
New Zealand Beef Steady in Korean Market SOUTH KOREA - New Zealand beef is continuing to retain its share of the imported beef market in Korea in spite of the re-entry of beef from the USA in 2007, according to Meat & Wool New Zealand Chairman, Mike Petersen.


