United States beef imports in South Korea

United States beef imports in South Korea

US beef imports in South Korea made up a $216 million dollar industry for the American beef industry in 2009.[1] The import of US beef was banned in 2003 in South Korea and in other nations after a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy was discovered in the United States.[2] At the time, South Korea was the third-largest purchaser of US beef exports, with an estimated market value of $815 million. After a number of failed attempts at reopening the Korean market, imports finally resumed in July of 2008 leading to the massive 2008 US beef protest in South Korea. In 2010, South Korea became the world's third largest U.S. beef importer. [3]

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Import ban

The Government of South Korea banned imports of US beef in 2003 when a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease was discovered in a cow in Washington.[2] By 2006, the United States Department of Agriculture would confirm a total of three cases of BSE-infected cattle, two raised domestically, and one imported from Canada.[4] At the time, South Korea was the third-largest purchaser of US beef exports, with an estimated market value of $815 million. An early attempt to reopen the Korean market in the fall of 2006 failed when the Korean government discovered bone chips in the shipment.[5] Sporadic attempts made in the following year also failed for similar reasons.[6][7]

Protests

Main article: 2008 US beef protest in South Korea

Throughout the ban, domestic beef farmers and local activists opposed re-opening of the market to US claiming that American beef would cause mad cow disease.[8] When the Lotte Department Store attempted to sell US beef in July 2007 during the Roh Moo-hyun administration, local activists stormed the meat counters and hurled cow dung at department store workers, abruptly terminating the resumption of sales.[9] When President Lee Myung-bak assumed office in February 2008, it was widely expected that he would relax the ban on US beef as part of the process of ratification for the South Korea – United States Free Trade Agreement concluded by his predecessor, Roh Moo-hyun. Lee Myung-bak's attempt to reopen the Korean market to US beef along with protests against the Free Trade Agreement led to the country's largest anti-government protests in 20 years.[10]

Lifting of import ban

Despite the protests, US beef imports resumed on 1 July 2008. On 2 July 2008, Han Seung-soo, Prime Minister of South Korea bought 260,000 won worth of US steak to eat with his family at his official residence to alleviate public worries about US beef.[11] Imports of US beef grew throughout 2008. During that year, Australian beef accounted for 60% (12,753 tons) of a total 21,184 tons of imported beef, but U.S. beef became the second largest supplier of foreign beef with 20% (4,439 tons).[12] With continued import growth since the lifting of the ban, in 2010, South Korea surpassed US beef imports in Japan for the first time to become the largest market for U.S. beef in Asia.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Total U.S. Beef Exports 2000-2009". U.S. Meat Export Federation. http://www.usmef.org/downloads/Beef_2000_to_2009.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-22. 
  2. ^ a b "South Korea relaxes US beef ban". BBC News. 18 April 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7353767.stm. 
  3. ^ a b S. Korea becomes world's third largest U.S. beef importer July 16, 2010. People's Daily
  4. ^ BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or Mad Cow Disease)
  5. ^ Korea discovers bone chips in US beef
  6. ^ Korea suspends quarantine inspection of all U.S. beef
  7. ^ Korea halts inspection of U.S. beef imports after bone discovery
  8. ^ Beef farmers full of worry over future
  9. ^ Beef sales bring out a storm of protests
  10. ^ Choe, Sang-hun (June 11, 2008). "Protests in Seoul more about nationalism than beef". International Herald Tribune. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/11/asia/seoul.php. 
  11. ^ Fifield, Anna (July 2, 2008). "Seoul struggles to defuse US beef protests". Financial Times. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4fc507ec-4852-11dd-a851-000077b07658.html. 
  12. ^ "U.S. Beef Popular Again". The Chosun Ilbo. 2008-08-19. Archived from the original on 2008-08-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20080822074337/http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200808/200808190017.html. Retrieved 2008-08-20. 

See also

  • 2008 US beef protest in South Korea
  • South Korea – United States relations
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