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Malaysia’s palm oil exports to the United States (US) increased by 51.8% to 93,000 tonnes from January to May 2025, compared to 61,000 tonnes in the same period last year. The Ministry of Plantations and Commodities of Malaysia said that 65% of its palm oil exports to the US in 2024 were certified organic products

(Jeju=Yonhap News) Reporter Go Seong-sik = Jeju Island is anticipating the impact on its local citrus fruits as tariff-free treatment is set to be applied to U.S. mandarins entering the country starting next year. According to Jeju Island on the 3rd, with the enforcement of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in 2012, it was decided to gradually reduce the import tariff rate of U.S. mandarins from 144% at that time by 9.6% annually. As of this year, the tariff rate is 9.5%, and there will be no import tariffs next year. As the tariff rate for U.S. mandarins decreases, their price has also fallen, leading to an increase in the volume of imports. The volume of U.S. mandarin imports increased gradually from 0.1 tons in 2017, 8.3 tons in 2018, 152.1 tons in 2019, 511.8 tons in 2020, to 728.5 tons in 2021. Last year, when the tariff rate dropped below 20%, 3,999.3 tons were imported. In the first half of this year, with the tariff rate at 9.5%, 7,915.5 tons of U.S. mandarins were imported, more than doubling compared to the same period last year. U.S. mandarins are mainly sold domestically from March to May, and it is feared that this period will affect the price of Jeju citrus fruits, which are also in circulation. In Jeju, Hallabong and Red Hyang are shipped from January to May, and Kara Hyang is shipped in mid-April. Some greenhouse-grown citrus fruits start shipping in May. An official from Jeju Island said, "Mandarins are bound to become a competitive product for Jeju citrus fruits, so we are preparing countermeasures in response to the tariff-free treatment and the increase in import volume." Mandarins are a type of citrus fruit with a thin skin, similar to Jeju's Onju Mireukgam and Manggam varieties, such as Jinji Hyang.

[Korea Farmers' News Agency, Reporter Seo Sang-hyeon] Apple-growing farmers raised their voices, demanding that the import of U.S. apples should not be allowed and that quarantine principles should be upheld. This stems from concerns that if trade pressure is conceded lightly, it will lead to a series of market openings, causing a rapid collapse of the agricultural foundation, as well as the loss of safe food for the people and food sovereignty. On July 31, apple-growing farmers from across the nation held a 'National Rally Against the Import of U.S. Apples' in front of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy at the Government Complex in Sejong. The event was jointly hosted by the Korea Apple Association, the Korea Fruit Farmers' Association Federation, and the Nationwide Cooperative Apple Council, with an estimated 1,500 participants from 120 apple-growing regions.