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In 2022, the Rural Development Administration announced the selection of seven amaranth resources with high potential for utilization from those held by the National Center for Agricultural Genetic Resources, evaluating amaranth as a candidate for a new income crop to address climate change and as a material for breeding and the bio-industry. At the same time, the data at the time described it as a crop for which a foundation for domestic commercial cultivation had not yet been sufficiently established. ( Rural Development Administration )

However, domestic adaptation trials and regional cultivation cases existed prior to that. In 2012, the Rural Development Administration tested the domestic adaptability of quinoa and amaranth and released test results indicating that the cultivation period required is approximately 4 to 6 months, with harvesting possible in September after seedling cultivation and transplanting around March to May . This technical data is based on test conditions at the time, such as high-altitude regions, and is not used as a national standard cropping system. ( Rural Development Administration )

Plant Identity

At the Agricultural Genetic Resources Center, amaranth is registered under the family Amaranthaceae, with the scientific name *Amaranthus hypochondriacus*, and native and introduced resources from various origins, including China, are preserved as separate Seed Resources. ( Seed Bank )

Product Master

Internationally, grain amaranth includes multiple cultivated species. Therefore, rather than forcibly unifying Amaranth into a single scientific name, a two-tiered structure is used: Market Name = Amaranth / Plant Species = Individual Scientific Name . ( Agris )

Furthermore, since the Rural Development Administration explains that amaranth belongs to the same genus Amaranthus as the Korean purslane (*Chambireum*) consumed as a vegetable in Korea, existing domestic edible purslane varieties and Grain Amaranth must not be registered as the same product. ( Rural Development Administration )

The Rural Development Administration reported in domestic adaptation trials in 2012 that it was possible to grow quinoa and amaranth seedlings and transplant them between March and May, and harvest them in September. At the time, the cultivation period was suggested to be approximately 4 to 6 months; however, since this value varied by region, species, variety, and test conditions, it is not fixed as the national standard cultivation period. ( Rural Development Administration )

In the 2021 characteristic evaluation case for a specific A. hypochondriacus resource at the National Center for Agricultural Genetic Resources, sowing was recorded as May 4, emergence as May 10, heading as July 16, and maturity as September 10. These are characteristic values ​​for the **IT262688 single genetic resource and the corresponding test environment, and do not serve as a standard for the cropping viability of Amaranth as a whole. ( Seed Bank )

Lot Master Required Field

Lot ID · Item · Product Type · Species · Scientific Name · Variety/Resource · Seed Color · Cultivation Type · Country of Origin · Origin · Cultivation Area · Producer · Seed Lot · Cultivation Method · Sowing/Planting Date · Heading Date · Maturity Date · Harvest Date · Lodging History · Quality Indicators · Moisture · Weight · Dimensions · Grade · Immature Grains · Damaged Grains · Appearance · Pesticide Use History · Pesticide Residue · Microbial Test Report · Threshing · Drying · Storage History · Raw Material Lot · Sorting History · Grinding · Puffing · Germination · Extrusion History · Packaging Date · Best Before Date · Shipper · Returns · Claims · Repurchase

Korean production structure

National Amaranth Cultivation Area:  To be entered after verification of official raw data
National Amaranth Production Volume: To be entered after verification of official raw data

Data from the Rural Development Administration in 2022 described amaranth as a potential new income crop that is not yet cultivated on a large scale domestically. However, domestic adaptability studies from 2012 and cases of subtropical crop cultivation and trials in the Haenam region in 2016 do exist. Therefore, the existence of trial and pilot cultivation is distinguished from the scale of national commercial production , and regional pilot areas are not substituted for national production statistics. ( Rural Development Administration )

The approximately 6.9 hectares in the 2016 Haenam-gun data represents the combined cultivation area of ​​various subtropical crops such as yam bean, okra, amaranth, and quinoa, and therefore cannot be used as the amaranth area. ( Rural Development Administration )

As the Rural Development Administration has proposed seven superior amaranth genetic resources as candidates for breeding and bio-industry materials,  it is worthwhile to separately manage demand sources under the Seed/Genetic Resource–Research–Product Research Profile , beyond the simple edible grain market. ( Rural Development Administration )

Trade Management

Since the applicability of sub-categories such as "other grains" or "seeds" to amaranth may vary depending on product condition and national commodity classification, a specific tariff code is not arbitrarily assigned without verifying the current HSK of the Republic of Korea.

Amaranth Import Volume, Import Value, Major Countries of Origin, and Customs Clearance Unit Price:  To be entered later after verification of official raw data from the Korea Customs Service.

Trade statistics for amaranth, quinoa, and other millets are not arbitrarily aggregated or divided.

The Rural Development Administration's 2022 selection of genetic resources presented amaranth as a candidate for breeding and bio-industry materials, but individual products must not be labeled with disease treatment or prevention functions based on this research. ( Rural Development Administration )

Since FAO AGRIS contains accumulated diverse research on A. hypochondriacus seeds, germinated seeds, mixed powders, feed, etc., the research basis for each product is linked separately for processing and materialization. ( Agris )

PRP — Product Research Profile

PRP is not a report summarizing the “efficacy of amaranth,” but a Product Research Profile that verifies Species → Seed → Domestic adaptability → Raw grain quality → Selection and processing capabilities → Product → Buyer procurement conditions .

International agricultural research analyzing nitrogen fertilization and the growth and lodging of amaranth has reported that excessive nitrogen increases plant height and can be linked to lodging and delayed maturation. Therefore, the domestic field trial also uses fertilization → plant height → lodging → maturation → harvest loss as the verification dataset. ( Agris )

Verified/NDA:  Actual Producer · Seed Supplier · Cultivation Area · Estimated Production Volume · Importer · Processing Facility · Quantity · Inventory · Actual Unit Price · MOQ · Certificate of Examination · Lot · Sample · Processing Yield · Contract Terms · Process Conditions · Delivery Date · Claim · Repurchase

RFQ Runtime:

RFQ Registration → Supplier Verification → Species Confirmation → AI Match → Sample → Quality & Processing Testing → Negotiation → Contract → Production/Import Securing → Lot → Processing → Delivery → Inspection → Performance Evaluation → Repurchase

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