한우산업의 가치사슬 및 경제파급효과

(Value Chain and Economic Impacts of Native Korean Cattle Industry)

This study attempts to analyze value chain structures of native Korean cattle industry, beef processing industry and beef marketing industry to evaluate their competitiveness and derive their strong and weak points. Moreover, forward and backward linkage effects of native Korean cattle industry is also analyzed to define its relationship with other industries. The results from the value chain analysis show that feed costs occupy of almost 3/4 of intermediate input costs of native Korean cattle industry and that beef processing industry is not profitable itself so that it needs to be integrated with other industry such as beef marketing industry. They also show that beef marketing industry is the most profitable one and produce the biggest direct employment induced effects among three of them.