[Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Food Newspaper=Reporters Hong Jeong-min and Park Hyun-ryul] The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (hereafter referred to as the Ministry) held a ceremony at the National Agricultural Cooperatives Federation to mark the first shipment of Hanwoo beef to the United Arab Emirates (hereafter referred to as the UAE) on the 30th. The ceremony was attended by Deputy Minister Kang Hyeong-seok of the Ministry, President Hong Mun-pyo of the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation, Representative Director An Byeong-woo of the Agricultural Economy Division of the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, Chairman Min Gyeong-cheon of the National Hanwoo Association, and CEO Jeon Won-seok of Hoengseong KC. According to the Ministry, with the first export of Hanwoo to the UAE, the number of countries officially authorized to export Hanwoo has increased to five, including Hong Kong, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, and the UAE. The UAE is a high-income country, and