K푸드 수출 1~8월 95억 달러…유럽 증가율 24.5%로 미·중 앞질러
K-Food Exports Reach $9.52 Billion in January to August, With Europe Growing Fastest at 24.5%
Part of the September 28, 2026 daily edition
농식품수출정보(KATI)에 따르면 올해 1~8월 한국 농수산식품 수출액은 95억1500만 달러로 지난해 같은 기간보다 7.7% 늘어, 같은 기간 기준 역대 최대를 기록했습니다. 라면 수출액만 14억2600만 달러로 25.0% 늘었습니다. 유럽(EU·영국 포함) 수출액은 8억6500만 달러로 미국(17억800만 달러)과 중국(15억9200만 달러)보다 적지만, 증가율은 24.5%로 미국(10.0%)과 중국(14.8%)보다 높았습니다. CJ제일제당은 헝가리 부다페스트 근교에 공장을 짓고 있으며, 올해 하반기부터 비비고 만두를 생산하는 것이 목표입니다. 농심과 삼양식품은 네덜란드에 각각 유럽 법인을 세웠고, 삼양식품은 올해 초 영국에 판매 법인을 추가로 세웠습니다.
Translation
According to KATI, the agri-food export information service, Korea's agricultural and fishery food exports for January to August this year came to 9.515 billion dollars, up 7.7% from the same period last year, the highest ever for that period. Ramen exports alone reached 1.426 billion dollars, a rise of 25.0%. Exports to Europe (including the EU and the UK) were 865 million dollars, less than to the United States (1.708 billion dollars) or China (1.592 billion dollars), but the growth rate of 24.5% was higher than for the United States (10.0%) or China (14.8%). CJ CheilJedang is building a factory near Budapest in Hungary, and its goal is to produce bibigo dumplings there from the second half of this year. Nongshim and Samyang Foods have each set up a European subsidiary in the Netherlands, and Samyang Foods also set up a sales subsidiary in the UK early this year.
Vocabulary
- 수출액명사 (noun)export value
- 전년 동기명사 (noun)the same period of the previous year
- 역대 최대명사 (noun)the highest ever, a record high
- 단일 품목명사 (noun)a single product item
- 증가율명사 (noun)growth rate
- 근교명사 (noun)outskirts, suburbs
- 하반기명사 (noun)the second half of the year
- 법인명사 (noun)corporation, (local) subsidiary
Grammar points
N은/는 M보다 적지만, N은/는 M보다 높다less than M in size, but higher than M in rate
-지만 lets a report set two measures against each other: the amount is smaller, but the growth is faster. Keeping both halves matters, because either one alone gives a false picture of the market.
Example: 유럽(EU·영국 포함) 수출액은 8억6500만 달러로 미국(17억800만 달러)과 중국(15억9200만 달러)보다 적지만, 증가율은 24.5%로 미국(10.0%)과 중국(14.8%)보다 높았습니다.
Exports to Europe (including the EU and the UK) were 865 million dollars, less than to the United States (1.708 billion) or China (1.592 billion), but the growth rate of 24.5% was higher than for the United States (10.0%) or China (14.8%).
-는 것이 목표이다the goal is to ...
-는 것이 목표이다 reports a company's aim without saying it has happened: 생산하는 것이 목표입니다, the goal is to produce. It is the careful way to describe a plant still under construction.
Example: CJ제일제당은 헝가리 부다페스트 근교에 공장을 짓고 있으며, 올해 하반기부터 비비고 만두를 생산하는 것이 목표입니다.
CJ CheilJedang is building a factory near Budapest in Hungary, and its goal is to produce bibigo dumplings there from the second half of this year.
각각each, respectively
각각 makes clear that each subject did the thing separately: 농심과 삼양식품은 각각 법인을 세웠다, Nongshim and Samyang Foods each set up a subsidiary. Without it, the sentence could be read as one joint company.
Example: 농심과 삼양식품은 네덜란드에 각각 유럽 법인을 세웠고, 삼양식품은 올해 초 영국에 판매 법인을 추가로 세웠습니다.
Nongshim and Samyang Foods have each set up a European subsidiary in the Netherlands, and Samyang Foods also set up a sales subsidiary in the UK early this year.
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