K-블루푸드 수출의 경제적 효과 분석

An Inter-industry Analysis of the Korean Blue Food Export

The changes and recent trends in the K-Blue Food industry has been analyzed in this study using fisheries statistics from the Fisheries Information Portal of the Ministry of Oceans, Fisheries of Korea in the National Statistical Portal (KOSIS) of Statistics Korea, and the input-output tables published by the Bank of Korea for 2010, 2015, and 2022. And the economic effects of achieving the 2027 K-Blue Food export target of USD 4.5 billion established by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of Korea in May 2023 have been estimated by applying the inter-industry analysis method. The economic effects of achieving the 2027 K-Blue Food export target of USD 4.5 billion are as follows: production inducement effect of KRW 14.38 trillion, value-added inducement effect of KRW 3.95 trillion, import inducement effect of KRW 1.90 trillion, and employment inducement effect of 57,812 people. The resulting multi-sector inducement multiplier has been computed as follows : production inducement multiplier 2.46, value-added inducement multiplier 0.67, import inducement multiplier 0.33, and employment inducement multiplier 0.01 people per million won of fisheries industry export amount. According to the announcement by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, the consumption of fishery products by Koreans is 68.1 kg per person, which is much higher than that of major advanced countries, and fishery products are the number one source of protein among the foods consumed by Koreans. Furthermore, the Korean government recognizes the fishery food industry as an industry with high growth potential and high inter-industry effects. Therefore, the results of this study can be useful for the further policy analysis of the Korean government’s efforts to continuously develop the fishery industry.