The report by the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said imports of edible oil products reached $948 million, making them the single largest import item, followed by wheat and corn.
South Korea imported $488 million worth of wheat and $348 million worth of corn in the cited one-year period.
The KFDA also said that organic food imports totaled $40 million due to growing public interest in health. Most organic food imports centered on brown sugar, bananas and certain types of processed food.
By country, imports from China reached $1.86 billion, or 22.1 percent, of all food brought into the country in the one-year period, followed by $1.79 billion from the United States and $767 million from Australia.
yonngong@yna.co.kr
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