The State and the Prospects of Korean Households’ Expenditure on Processed Food in 2017

Kyei-Im Lee, Sanghyo Kim, Seong-Yoon Heo
ABSTRACT Statistics Korea (KOSTAT) had quarterly conducted the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) to analyze households’ current conditions and changes of living until 2016. In 2017, the Household Income and Expenditure Survey was divided into two sections: a quarterly survey on...
Country: Korea Topic: Agribusiness
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Overview of Agriculture Trade in Malaysia

Rozhan Abu Dardak
ABSTRACT International trade is very important to every nation including Malaysia. This activity generates revenue, creates employments and brings technologies, especially when the country imports high-capital goods. Malaysia is a trading nation. Malaysia has been recognized as one of the 25...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Overview
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Overview of Rice Policy 2000-2018 in Thailand: A Political Economy Analysis

Nipon Poapongsakorn
INTRODUCTION After the student uprising in 1973 which brought about democratic movements, Thai agricultural policy has shifted from urban-biased policy which aimed at keeping the rice price at low level to support the consumers and workers’ cost of living for industrialization, to producer...
Country: Thailand Topic: Overview
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Japan’s 2019 Tax Reform and its Impact on the Food Industry

Yoshihisa Godo
ABSTRACT Japan’s general indirect tax, known as the Consumption Tax (CT), will undergo a comprehensive reform on October 1, 2019. The tax reform covers four major areas. First, the CT rate will increase from 8% to 10%. Second, the CT system will be converted from the long-lived single-rate...
Country: Japan Topic: Overview
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Overview of Vietnam’s Recent Agricultural and Rural Development Policy

Dao The Anh, Nguyen Van Bo
VIETNAM’S AGRICULTURE IN THE PAST DECADE Vietnam is an agricultural nation with a natural area of 331 699 km² (mainland), positioned 65th in the world, of which agricultural produced land area is 10.12 million ha. Vietnam’s population is 96,208,894 people (as of 1/4/2019), ranked 14th in the...
Country: Vietnam Topic: Agricultural cooperatives and farmers' organizations
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