Abstract
Until the 1980s' , most meat was distributed through the wholesale market and the quasi-wholesale market in Korea. But by the early 1990s' , the government policies towards meat distribution changed dramatically from the wholesale market oriented one to the one placing great emphasis on the diversification of meat distribution system. As a result of these policy changes, a new meat distribution channel, called the "out-of-wholesale- market" distribution has emerged and expended its shares gradually. In this paper, the following subjects are considered ; (1) overview of the nature and meaning of the "out-of-wholesale- market" distribution in Korea through surveying the vegetable direct marketing (sanchoku) and livestock integration in Japan. (2) to describe the current status of the "out-of-wholesale" meat market distribution in Korea. (3) to clarify the issues and problems facing the "out-of-wholesale" meat market distribution in Korea, through a case study on the pork integration conducted by NLCF (national livestock cooperatives federation). (4) to examine the influences of the "out-of-wholesale" meat market distribution on the current structure of meat distribution and several additional important topics regarding the out-of-wholesale- market distribution.
