SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service (NAQS) announced on Monday methods of distinguishing the country of origin of agricultural products with Lunar New Year’s Day ahead. Light brown jujubes with fewer wrinkles, chestnuts with thick inner peel, and dried persimmon with rounded tips are all agricultural products from [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports of Vietnamese agricultural and livestock products jumped 34 percent two years after the two nations’ bilateral free trade deal came into force, data showed Sunday. Two-way trade between the two countries has risen since the deal went into effect in December 2015, making Vietnam the fourth-largest [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — As the long-term economic slump continues in South Korea, price-competitive fruits that might not meet conventional beauty standards are proving popular among South Korean consumers. Sales of ‘ugly’ fruits jumped more than fivefold between 2010 and 2016, the Rural Development Administration (RDA) announced on Thursday after analyzing household accounts [...]