South Korean Grain Comparison to Its Asian Neighbors

In 1000s of Metric Tons
Wheat 1989 1000s Tons Rank
China 91,000 1
USA 55,428 2
Japan 985 3
North Korea 900 4
Mongolia 500 5
South Korea 5 6
Rice 1989 1000s Tons Rank
China 176,980 1
Indonesia 43,566 2
Thailand 21,300 3
Vietnam 18,100 4
Japan 12,934 5
Philippines 9,459 6
USA 7,007 7
North Korea 6,400 8
South Korea 6,344 9
Taiwan 1,865 10
Malaysia 1,697 11
Soybean 1989 1000s Tons Rank
USA 52,414 1
China 10,800 21
Indonesia 1,253 3
Thailand 617 4
North Korea 453 5
Japan 275 6
South Korea 252 7
Vietnam 105 8
Philippines 6 9
Corn 1989 1000s Tons Rank
USA 191,186 1
China 75,510 2
Indonesia 6,324 3
Philippines 4,522 4
Thailand 4,456 5
North Korea 3,000 6
Vietnam 900 7
Taiwan 329 8
South Korea 121 9
Malaysia 34 10
Japan 1 11

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