Korea Meat Import Monitor — monthly report (English edition)
Monthly report on South Korea's pork, beef and chicken imports from Korea Customs Service statistics: volumes, unit values and concentration by origin, product lines, a 13-month history and source-confirmed import-condition events. Delivered as PDF, Excel and CSV.
What is different
- Compiled every month right after the Korea Customs Service release, by country of origin.
- Point-in-time record: each issue is fixed at a stated as-of time and labeled. From the September 2026 issue, later revisions are listed cell by cell in a revision-history section — the September issue already shows post-publication revisions to August values.
- Import conditions (suspensions, regionalization, tariff changes) are shown next to the flows — government notices or news reports only, with source links.
- Every number is recomputed from the raw data by a separate verification program before release.
September 2026 issue — sample summary
Pork
PIT · first-published vintage · as-of 2026-10-16 23:59 KST
- September 2026 pork import volume 49,615 t — MoM +12.4%, YoY +7.6%.
- 19 origins. Top 3: Spain 27.8% · United States 21.7% · Canada 11.6%. EU-27 total 54.0%. Concentration (HHI) 0.158.
Beef
PIT · first-published vintage · as-of 2026-10-16 23:59 KST
- September 2026 beef import volume 35,901 t — MoM -1.6%, YoY -16.6%.
- 8 origins. Top 3: United States 47.8% · Australia 45.5% · New Zealand 4.7%. EU-27 total 0.3%. Concentration (HHI) 0.438.
Chicken
PIT · first-published vintage · as-of 2026-10-16 23:59 KST
- September 2026 chicken import volume 19,508 t — MoM +39.1%, YoY +14.1%.
- 11 origins. Top 3: Brazil 81.6% · Thailand 12.9% · Denmark 2.8%. EU-27 total 4.6%. Concentration (HHI) 0.684.
Origin view for exporting countries
Origin view for exporting countries: the same data from one origin's side — share and rank in Korea, unit value against the all-origin average, product mix at HS 6 digits and the 13-month path against the five largest competing origins.
- US · Pork — United States: 10,761 t of Korea's pork imports in September 2026 — 21.7% share, rank 2 of 19 origins (MoM +9.1%, YoY -23.2%).
- ES · Pork — Spain: 13,798 t of Korea's pork imports in September 2026 — 27.8% share, rank 1 of 19 origins (MoM +17.0%, YoY +44.0%).
- CA · Pork — Canada: 5,765 t of Korea's pork imports in September 2026 — 11.6% share, rank 3 of 19 origins (MoM +1.0%, YoY -25.4%).
- CL · Pork — Chile: 2,918 t of Korea's pork imports in September 2026 — 5.9% share, rank 5 of 19 origins (MoM +16.2%, YoY +2.8%).
- US · Beef — United States: 17,160 t of Korea's beef imports in September 2026 — 47.8% share, rank 1 of 8 origins (MoM +11.4%, YoY -4.9%).
- AU · Beef — Australia: 16,351 t of Korea's beef imports in September 2026 — 45.5% share, rank 2 of 8 origins (MoM -16.3%, YoY -27.3%).
- BR · Chicken — Brazil: 15,924 t of Korea's chicken imports in September 2026 — 81.6% share, rank 1 of 11 origins (MoM +42.1%, YoY +71.4%).
Format · schedule
Format: PDF · Excel · CSV (all values)
Schedule: Monthly — after the Korea Customs Service monthly release; as-of 23:59 KST on the 16th of the following month
Coverage: 2023-08 – 2026-09 (origin data)
Basis
Customs-clearance basis (import declarations accepted). This differs from the inspection-pass volumes of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety quoted in Korean media and research; for pork, inspection volumes were 14–23% lower than customs volumes in matched periods. A summary of published statistics; it contains no statements about future price or volume movements.
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Source: Korea Customs Service trade statistics (Korea Public Data Portal, no use restrictions) · compiled by PigSignal (Wiselake Co., Ltd.)