South Korea: Fake Peruvian mung beans without duty for 1 year and 8 months

Dried Mung Bean

South Korea

Peru

Published Oct 21, 2022

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Pointed out in a press release from the National Guard... “Imports have increased significantly since the FTA duty-free, but welfare is immobile.” Items with additional tariff abolition such as onions, garlic, peppers, and sesame seeds… Mung bean exports to Korea from Peru, where mung bean production is insignificant, surged. The import of mung beans, which are from Peru with only a pattern, increased significantly, aiming at the possibility of importing mung beans from Peru without tariffs under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), but the authorities were holding back. On the 20th, Assemblyman Seo Sam-seok of the Democratic Party of Korea (Yeongam, Muan, and Shinan, Jeollanam-do), a member of the National Assembly's Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, said on the 20th, "From Peru, where mung bean production is only 300 tons, 8561 tons in 2021 and 2626 tons in 2022 were imported duty-free for 1 year and 8 months. Farmers have suffered enormous damage due to the inaction of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs,” he pointed out.

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Pointed out in a press release from the National Guard... “Imports increased significantly after the FTA duty-free, but welfare was immobile” Onion, garlic, pepper, sesame, and other items with additional tariff abolition... “Make a response plan” Although mung bean exports from Peru, where the production of mung bean production is insignificant, surged to Korea, it was pointed out that the authorities responded complacely and caused damage to farms. The import of mung beans, which are from Peru with only a pattern, increased significantly, aiming at the fact that Peruvian mung beans can be imported duty-free through the free trade agreement (FTA), but the authorities were not letting go. On the 20th, Assemblyman Seo Sam-seok of the Democratic Party of Korea (Yeongam, Muan, and Sinan, Jeollanam-do), a member of the National Assembly’s Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, said on the 20th, “From Peru, where mung bean production is only 300 tons, 8561 tons in 2021 ...

Source: Nongmin