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It is expected that the spring cropping area of major leafy vegetables such as cabbage and radish will increase across the board. According to the ‘March Leafy Vegetable Observation’ recently released by the Korea Rural Economic Institute, the total cropping area of spring cabbage was found to be 3,623 ha. It increased by 6.5% compared to last year and 4.2% compared to the average year. The field cropping area was 3,280 ha, increasing by 6.2% and 6.4% compared to the previous year and the average year. The facility cropping area (343 ha) increased by 9.7% and 6.4%. The expected increase in spring radish was greater than that of cabbage. The total cropping area of spring radish was 935 ha, increasing by 12.0% compared to the previous year and 8.4% compared to the average year. Spring carrots (1017ha) are expected to increase by 8.2% and 6.6% compared to the previous year and average year, and spring cabbage is expected to increase by 5.6% and 1.6%. According to the Rural Development Administration, the facility cultivation of these leafy vegetables has been completed as of the 14th (very early planting period) and the field cultivation is in progress. Ji Seon-woo, head of the leafy vegetable observation team at the Rural Development Administration, said, “Cabbage has increased in cultivation (intended) area due to high prices during the seedling period and increased demand for storage to ease the volatility of summer cabbage supply.” He added, “The increase in area is due to the increase in prices of spring radish and spring carrots during the previous year’s harvest period and spring cabbage during the sowing period.” The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced in an explanatory material released on the 10th, “We are working to stabilize the supply and demand of spring crops by expanding the contract cultivation and purchase reserves of spring cabbage and spring radish by 45% and 50% compared to the previous year, and supporting contract farmers with seedling purchase costs and pesticide costs.” Reporter Jin-soo Jeong

[Reporter Sang-Hyeon Seo, Korea Agricultural and Fishery Newspaper] About 580 tons of imported cabbage were traded through the Garak-dong Agricultural and Fishery Products Wholesale Market from January to February, but it is pointed out that it did not have a significant effect on supply and demand stability and only fueled producers' anxiety. According to the aT Wholesale Market Integrated Website, about 586 tons of imported cabbage were traded at the Garak-dong Agricultural and Fishery Products Wholesale Market from January to the end of February 2025. Of these, about 60 tons of cabbage traded since February 10 were delivered to kimchi processing plants, and the rest were cabbage for wrapping, which were distributed to restaurants through food material companies, according to market officials. The imported cabbage currently being distributed was imported through quota tariffs.

The government will supply a total of 2,900 tons of government reserves to the market to stabilize the supply and demand of cabbage and radish. It also plans to continue to support discounts on alternative items such as bomdong and eolgal to reduce the burden on consumers. On the 7th, Kim Beom-seok, 1st Vice Minister of Strategy and Finance, presided over the ‘Economic Vice Ministers’ Meeting and Price Vice Ministers’ Meeting and People’s Economy Inspection Task Force (TF)’ at the Government Complex Seoul and discussed ‘Agricultural and Food Price Trends and Response Measures’ and ‘Cabbage and Radish Supply and Demand Stabilization Measures’. At the meeting, Vice Minister Kim said, “Consumer prices in February recorded 2.0%, the target level for price stabilization, due to a slowdown in the rise in oil and agricultural product prices,” but added, “As there are domestic and international uncertainties such as abnormal global weather, international oil price volatility, and ...