South Korea: Last year’s imported chicken purchases jumped 21% compared to the previous year

[Livestock Newspaper Reporter Kim Soo-hyung] According to a survey on the amount of chicken consumers purchased last year, the amount of imported chicken purchased increased by 20.7% compared to the previous year. This is according to data released by the Korea Rural Economic Institute in the Agricultural Outlook 2024 conducted early this year. According to a consumer panel survey of 6,700 households nationwide last year, the average monthly amount of chicken purchased per household was 1.50 kg, up 4.7% from 1.43 kg the previous year. Of this, the amount of domestic chicken purchased was 1.48 kg, up 4.2% from 1.42 kg the previous year, while the amount of imported chicken purchased was 1.35 kg, up 20.7% from 1.12 kg the previous year. The proportion of chicken parts purchased by consumers was ‘whole chicken’ (28.7%), ‘chicken breast’ (22.5%), ‘chicken legs’ (18.1%), ‘chicken wings’ (16.1%), and ‘sirloin’ (14.6%). When choosing chicken, consumers considered freshness (32.7%) to be ...