AreaRepublic of Korea

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityWheat

Date29/07/2016

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentImport ban

DescriptionSuspended, temporarily, new purchases of Western White Wheat following reports that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) was investigating 22 bioengineered wheat plants found in a field in Washington State.