What kind of original fruit and vegetable they have in Korea?

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Fruits Production

The 1997 total fruits production was slightly larger than 1996. Pear, peach, mandarin and grape production is increasing. By contrast, apple production is on a decreasing trend because of relatively low profitability. Unlike other fruits, areas planted for apple are rapidly decreasing.

Fruit farming in Korea is characterized by small-scale land area per orchard. Eighty-six percent of the total fruits farms have less than 1 hectare of land. Most of the orchards are geographically scattered and subject to part-time operation, mixed with other crops, such as rice and other businesses.

The Kyongsangbuk-do province produces about 70 percent of Korea's apples. Pear production is scattered throughout Kyonggi-do, Kyongsangnam-do and Ch'ungch'uongnam-do provinces. About 50 percent of grape is produced in Kyongsangbuk-do province. Mandarin is exclusively produced in Cheju-do province, the largest island in Korea.

Korea exports fruits to other countries. About 3,500 tons of pears and 4,600 tons of apples were exported in 1997. Major export markets for pears are the United States, Taiwan and Indonesia. Apples are exported to Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand. About 3,000 tons of mandarins are exported to the United States and Canada.

About 9 million tons of vegetables were produced in 1997, slightly down from the previous year. Korea maintains self-sufficiency in most of vegetable products. Among them, Chinese cabbage and radish are important items since they are main ingredients for kimchi-the Korean style pickled side dish. Other vegetables include red pepper, garlic and onion. The production of garlic and onion shows substantial fluctuations each year.

The share of vegetables in total agricultural production has been on the increase. Increasing vegetables production is driven by higher incomes and consumer demand. It reached the peak of 24.4 percent of the total production in 1995 and has been declining since ever. The vegetable production in glass houses are on the increase. Watermelon and cucumber are the major crops grown in house facilities.