South Korea’s Cattle Industry
South Korea — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 42869283; 2024: 51751065
Cattle inventory
1990: 2125601; 2024: 3889278 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 127792; 2024: 370000 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 114565.9; 2024: 589494.93 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 45.2; 2024: 427.14 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 554733; 2024: 1115000 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 24; 2024: 28.7 %
Derived as head slaughtered ÷ total cattle inventory × 100.
Derived from FAOSTAT cattle inventory and slaughter
Selected grain and feed imports
Supplier breakdown from the FAOSTAT Detailed Trade Matrix, latest year with recorded import value per country; feed items summed. Reported by the importing country.
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Maize (corn)
1991: 5476505 tonnes; 2024: 11341682.34 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 4789658 tonnes; 2024: 4594079.91 tonnes
Barley
1991: 52535 tonnes; 2024: 85733.5 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 4433 tonnes; 2024: 3054.98 tonnes
Oats
1991: 17547 tonnes; 2024: 20938.95 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 1052377 tonnes; 2024: 1148399.27 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 496750 tonnes; 2024: 1736629.54 tonnes