U.S. agricultural imports to South Korea hit a record high last year,... standing at over nine-point-three billion U.S. dollars.
According to data released by the Korea Rural Economic Institute,... it's a 20 percent increase from the previous year,... when the figure hovered around seven-point-eight billion dollars.
The institute says a reduction in tariffs as well as South Korea's increased consumption of meat were the major reasons behind the increase.