Imported frozen strawberries are on a roll

게시됨 2025년 1월 22일

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The article highlights the concern around the significant increase in the importation of frozen strawberries from China for processing by cafes and bakeries in South Korea. The import volume last year rose by 31.3% compared to the previous year, with Chinese strawberries making up 58.3% of the total import volume. This surge has sparked worries among domestic strawberry producers that their market is being undermined, as the unit price of domestic strawberries is high, leading to an increase in processed food companies opting for cheaper imported frozen strawberries. The worry is that if the importation of small-sized strawberries increases by 5%, the auction price could drop by 10-15%, and some producers are already taking steps to mitigate the price drop by excluding small strawberries from distribution for processing.

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Mr. Kim, a 30-year-old office worker living in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, recently buys and drinks a ‘strawberry latte’ at a nearby cafe after lunch. Mr. Kim said, “It catches my eye even more because it is a limited menu item in the winter.” However, the strawberries in Mr. Kim’s drink are most likely frozen strawberries from China, not domestic fresh strawberries. Last year, the import volume of foreign frozen strawberries increased significantly. There are criticisms that the strawberry consumer market that domestic strawberry producing regions worked hard to create is being given over to imported frozen strawberries. At the recent ‘Agricultural Outlook 2025’ conference, the Korea Rural Economic Institute announced that the import volume of frozen strawberries last year reached 16,774 tons. It increased by 31.3% compared to the previous year (12,771 tons). It more than doubled compared to 2015 (7,659 tons). By country, Chinese strawberries accounted for 58.3% of the total import ...

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