South Korea’s imports of U.S. beef are growing, while Australian beef imports decreased this year.
 
According to data from Korea Customs Service released on Monday, South Korea imported a total of 63-thousand tons of American beef from January to May, up seven-and-a-half percent on-year.
 
However, imports of Australian beef decreased by point-two percent over the period to about 80-thousand-700 tons.
 
Australian beef imports are still larger in the cumulative figure, but are decreasing unlike the imports of American beef.
 
South Korea’s overall beef imports reached 170-thousand tons during the first five months of the year, up about eight percent on-year.
 
An industry official said that American beef better suits South Koreans’ tastes as it has more marbling like Korean beef.