Food Grain Consumption Survey

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Overview

Survey Name

• Food Grain Consumption Survey

Survey Type

• Survey statistics

Type of Statistics

• Designated Statistics (Approval No. 101049)

Purpose

• To provide basic data required for the establishment of agricultural policies, such as to plan for grain supply, improve dietary life, establish production goals and carry out research on food problems

Frequency

• Household: Monthly
• Business: Annual

Target Population

• Household: General households excluding foreign resident's household, a single person's household, and collective household (dormitory, jail, barracks, etc.)
• Business: Food and beverage manufacturers using rice as main ingredient

Survey Unit and Target Population Size

• Household: 1,060 households (560 farm households, 500 non-farm households)
• Business: Around 3,200 business entities such as food and beverage manufacturers

Survey Reference Period and Date

• November 1st of a previous year ~ October 31st of a current year (food grain year)

History

• 1962: The first survey by the Grain Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on the basis of the results of the 1960 Population Census
• 1969~1993: Carried out 8 times of redesigning samples
• 1997: Redesigned samples using data from the 1995 Population and Housing Census and Agricultural Census
• July 1998: Changed production organizations (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry → National Statistical Office)
• 2008: Redesigned samples using data from the 2005 Population and Housing Census and Agricultural Census
• Nov. 2011: Included rice consumption of business entities by approving changes in the food grain consumption survey
• 2013: Redesigned samples using data from the 2010 Population and Housing Census and Agricultural Census

Data Provision

Method of Publication and URL

• News release, Statistics Korea webpage, KOSIS, online publications

Publication Frequency

• Annual

Publication Title

• 20** Food Grain Consumption Survey Report

Contact

Director for International Cooperation. Tel: +82. 42. 481. 2555