South Korea rice use keeps slipping as FAS projects lower 2026-27 output

Key facts

• The Foreign Agricultural Service projected South Korean rice production to decline in 2026-27.
• The same report projected South Korean wheat imports to grow.
• The report said South Korean rice use continues to slip, without giving a figure.

South Korean rice use is continuing to decline, and the Foreign Agricultural Service projected in a report published November 11, 2026 that the country's rice production will fall in 2026-27. The same report projected that South Korean wheat imports will grow.

The available text of the report carries no figures for rice use, rice output, harvested area or wheat import volumes, and states no cause for the trends it describes.