Competitiveness and Enhancing Strategy for Korean Apples

The competitiveness of Korean apple is lower than U.S. apple in terms of price, and lower than Japanese apple in terms of quality in the Taiwanese market. The higher production costs of Korean apple than those of U.S. and China mainly due to lower yield than U.S. and Chinese labor intensive producti...

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Published inThe Journal of the Korean Society of International Agriculture Vol. 20; no. 3
Main Authors Lee, I.K. (National Horticultural Research Institute, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea), Ko, B.N. (Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Republic of Korea), E-mail: koboknam@rda.go.kr, Woo, S.G. (Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Republic of Korea)
Format Journal Article
LanguageKorean
Published 01.09.2008
Subjects
APPLES
competitiveness
KOREA REPUBLIC
MANZANA
POMME
REPUBLICA DE COREA
REPUBLIQUE DE COREE
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Summary:The competitiveness of Korean apple is lower than U.S. apple in terms of price, and lower than Japanese apple in terms of quality in the Taiwanese market. The higher production costs of Korean apple than those of U.S. and China mainly due to lower yield than U.S. and Chinese labor intensive production system respectively. Our measures to increase competitiveness are as follows. 1) It is recommended that high quality and big size apple production should be the main stream. 2) Post-harvest technology establishment for quality uniformity is needed. 3) Export avoidance due to higher domestic apple price should solve through "Purchase Agreement". And 4) national level "Apple Producers Association" is essential for self-control fo apple production, marketing, and etc.
Bibliography:2009003549
A50
ISSN:1225-8504