Overview

• The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs finalized sanitary protocols with Brazilian quarantine authorities to safeguard against HPAI in imported poultry.
• Shipments could begin within 10 days, allowing first deliveries to dock in June, with domestic distribution expected in July.
• The regionalization framework restricts imports to poultry and by-products from Brazilian states certified free of the Rio Grande do Sul outbreak.
• The May 17 ban triggered a sharp rise in chicken prices and supply shortages for Korean restaurants reliant on Brazilian boneless meat.
• Last year’s imports of 158,000 tons of Brazilian chicken accounted for 86% of Korea’s total chicken imports and about 20% of national consumption.