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  • Multilateral Cooperation Division
  • This Division shall take charge of the following tasks.
    • 1. Management
      • a. Establishing major business plans for the International Agriculture Bureau
      • b. The drawing up and execution of a budget for the International Agriculture Bureau
      • c. Supervising the businesses related to the inspection of official business trips to other countries
      • d. Businesses related to the economic ministers' meetings
      • e. Business cooperation between agriculture attache in foreign countries and foreign agriculture attache in Korea
      • f. Publishing an international agricultural news collection and collecting and distributing agriculture news in major countries
      • g. The analysis of the trend in foreigners' direct investment in the agricultural sector and the inducement of their investment
      • h. An investigation into the environment of overseas agricultural investment and to technological support
      • i. The projects to develop overseas resources of major agricultural products
      • j. General affairs of the International Agriculture Bureau and matters which are not covered by other departments
    • 2. Planning 1
      • a. Establishing basic plans for international agricultural cooperation and commercial negotiation
      • b. Establishing countermeasures against agricultural commerce
      • c. National Assembly affairs related to agricultural commerce
    • 3. Planning 2
      • a. Establishing and supervising basic plans to build public consensus on agricultural negotiation
      • b. The operation of relevant councils including the Ministry's affiliated organizations
      • c. Supervising education on agricultural negotiation
      • d. Publishing a collection of agricultural commerce PR materials
    • 4. Planning 3
      • a. Holding meetings to prepare for agricultural negotiations
      • b. The operation of the agricultural commerce policy council
      • c. Grasping agricultural commerce-related domestic trends and treating the affairs related to the reflection of commercial policies
    • 5. International agricultural organizations
      • a. Establishing and supervising plans to conduct activities in relation to international agricultural organizations like UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
      • b. Businesses related to various committees including the general meetings and executive meetings of UN FAO
      • c. Agriculture-related businesses including the general meetings and executive meetings of international agriculturalorganizations like the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the World Food Program, and the Africa and Asia Farming Villages Reconstruction Organization
      • d. Agricultural affairs which are to be considered by the Economic and Social Council for Asia and the Pacific
      • e. The analysis of the materials and trends of support provided by international agricultural organizations including UN FAO to North Korea
      • f. Hosting the events related to international agricultural organizations including UN FAO and supporting the businesses of relevant domestic bodies
      • g. Sending workforce to international agricultural organizations and managing such dispatched officials
      • h. Businesses related to the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)
    • 6. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
      • a. Supervising the establishment and adjustment of a basic plan to promote OECD-related businesses
      • b. Taking overall charge of the agricultural committee meetings and relevant working group meetings of OECD
      • c. The evaluation and yearly examination of agricultural policies prepared by each bureau of OECD
      • d. Farming villages development group meetings of OECD
      • e. Follow-up measures to execute OECD's decisions
      • f. Affairs connected to OECD-related domestic education, PR, and other economic cooperation
    • 7. International trade and environment
      • a. The World trade Organization (WTO), the Committee of trade Environment (CTE) and other agricultural environment-related conferences
      • b. OECD's discussions on international trade and environment
      • c. UN and the Committee of Successive Development (CSD)
      • d. Multilateral environmental conventions and bilateral environmental conventions including Climatic Change Convention and Convention on Biological Diversity
    • 8. The cooperation in regions like Asia and the Pacific
      • a. The Asia and Pacific Economic Cooperation Organization
      • b. The ASEAN +3 agricultural and forestry ministers' conference and agricultural cooperation projects
      • c. Agricultural cooperation of the Asian and European Conference
      • d. Asian cooperation and dialogues
  • Bilateral Cooperation Division
  • This Division shall take charge of the following tasks.
    • 1. Agricultural and commercial cooperation with Central and South American countries
      • a. Establishing a basic plan for projects to support FTA agricultural negotiation and promoting the projects
      • b. Agricultural and commercial cooperation with Central and South American countries
      • c. Mutual visits of major figures to and from Central and South American countries
      • d. The collection of agricultural policy materials from Central and South American countries and the analysis of the policy's trends
      • e. Taking overall charge of the negotiation for Korea-Mexico FTA and dealing with affairs related to the agricultural field commodity offer
      • f. Taking overall charge of the negotiation for Korea-Mercosur FTA and dealing with affairs related to the agricultural field commodity offer
      • g. Posting FTA-related press materials on its home page
    • 2. The agricultural commerce and cooperation with European and Asian countries (excluding ASEAN countries)
      • a. The agricultural commerce and cooperation with European and Asian countries (excluding ASEAN countries)
      • b. Mutual visits of major figures to and from European and Asia countries (excluding ASEAN countries)
      • c. The collection of agricultural policy materials from European and Asia countries (excluding ASEAN countries) and the analysis of the policy's trends
      • d. Establishing a basic plan for plant quarantine-related international cooperation and dealing with affairs related to bilateral and multilateral negotiation
      • e. The cooperation with plant quarantine-related international organizations such as International Plant Protection Convention
      • f. Taking overall charge of the negotiation for Korea-EFTA FTA and dealing with affairs related to the agricultural field commodity offer
      • g. The negotiation for FTA Intellectual Property Rights
    • 3. The agricultural commerce cooperation with China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japan
      • a. Establishing a basic plan on the negotiation for free trade agreements
      • b. Taking overall charge of the negotiation for Korea-Japan FTA and dealing with affairs related to the agricultural field commodity offer
      • c. Taking overall charge of follow-up consultations after the conclusion of Korea and Chile FTA and dealing with affairs related to the international trade of commodities
      • d. The agricultural commerce cooperation with China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japan
      • e. Mutual visits of major figures to and from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japan
      • f. The collection of agricultural policy materials from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japan and the analysis of the policy's trends
      • g. The exterior economic committee
    • 4. The agricultural commerce cooperation with Middle East and African countries
      • a. The agricultural commerce cooperation with Middle East and African countries
      • b. Mutual visits of major figures to and from Middle East and African countries
      • c. The collection of agricultural policy materials from Middle East and African countries and the analysis of the policy's trends
      • d. The FTA and WTO country of origin stipulations
      • e. FTA investment and service negotiation
    • 5. WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
      • a. WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers
      • b. The agricultural commerce cooperation with Oceanian countries
      • c. Mutual visits of major figures to and from Oceanian countries
      • d. The collection of agricultural policy materials from Oceanian countries and the analysis of the policy's trends
      • e. The cooperation with animal quarantine and hygiene-related international organizations
      • f. Supervising the businesses related to international food (CODEX) standards
      • g. The negotiation for the fields of FTA/SPS and TBT
      • h. The field of SPS, among follow-up consultations after the conclusion of FTA
  • Free trade Agreements Division
  • This Division shall take charge of the following tasks.
    • 1. Free trade agreements 1
      • a. Taking overall charge of the negotiation for Korea-America FTA and dealing with affairs related to the agricultural field commodity offer
      • b. Korea-America agricultural commerce
      • c. Mutual visits of major figures to and from the U.S.A.
      • d. The collection of agricultural policy materials from the U.S.A. and the analysis of the policy's trends
      • e. Matters which are not covered by other sections
    • 2. Free trade agreements 2
      • a. Taking overall charge of the negotiation for Korea-ASEAN FTA and dealing with affairs related to the agricultural field commodity offer
      • b. Korea-ASEAN countries agricultural commerce
      • c. Mutual visits of major figures to and from Korea and ASEAN countries
      • d. The collection of agricultural policy materials from Korea and ASEAN countries and the analysis of the policy's trends
      • e. Taking overall charge of follow-up consultations on the negotiation of Korea-Singapore FTA and dealing with affairs related to the agricultural field commodity offer
    • 3. Free trade agreements 3
      • a. Taking overall charge of the negotiation for Korea-Canada FTA and dealing with affairs related to the agricultural field commodity offer
      • b. Korea-Canada agricultural commerce
      • c. Mutual visits of major figures to and from Canada
      • d. The collection of agricultural policy materials from Canada and the analysis of the policy's trends
    • 4. Free trade agreements 4
      • a. Taking overall charge of the negotiation for Korea-India FTA and dealing with affairs related to the agricultural field commodity offer
      • b. Korea-India agricultural commerce
      • c. Mutual visits of major figures to and from India
      • d. The collection of agricultural policy materials from India and the analysis of the policy's trends Affairs related to
      • e. Agricultural cooperation
  • Agricultural Negotiation Division
  • This Division shall take charge of the following tasks.
    • 1. WTO negotiation measures
      • a. The adjustment of domestic actions in connection with multilateral agricultural negotiation
      • b. The preparation and submission of Country Schedule (C/S)
      • c. The negotiation for new member countries
      • d. International trade agreements
      • e. WTO international trade-related investment agreements
      • f. The examination of WTO international trade policies
      • g. Bangkok Agreement
    • 2. WTO 1
      • a. Establishing a basic plan for multilateral agricultural negotiation and taking care of the negotiation
      • b. Norm fields of 1994 GATT and Agriculture Agreement
      • c. WTO General Council and trade Negotiation Committee (TNC)
      • d. The analysis of the trend in multilateral agricultural negotiation
      • e. The business cooperation with WTO Secretariat
      • f. Matters which are not covered by other departments in relation to multilateral agricultural negotiation
      • g. Multilateral agricultural negotiation in connection with the opening of the agricultural market
    • 3. WTO 2
      • a. The solution of WTO dissensions
      • b. The negotiation for and execution of government procurement
      • c. WTO negotiation for rice
      • d. WTO committee of trade development (Ctd)
    • 4. WTO 3
      • a. Multilateral negotiation in the agricultural subsidies sector
      • b. Execution and evaluation in the agricultural subsidies sector
      • c. The solution of dissensions in the agricultural subsidies sector
      • d. The negotiation for subsidies compensation duties and anti-dumping
      • e. The negotiation for Intellectual Property Rights and to UPOV
      • f. The employment of foreign advising attorneys
    • 5. WTO 4
      • a. The negotiation for service international trade
      • b. The negotiation for WTO non-agricultural products
      • c. Multilateral negotiation apart from WTO (GSTP and others)
      • d. The provision of General Preference Tariffs
    • 6. Import and tariffs
      • a. The establishment and operation of a comprehensive plan for import management and a tariff system
      • b. The operation of an import system including integrative notification and import and export notification
      • c. The management of Tariff-Rate Quota and of materials as a source of foreign exchange
      • d. The trade of agricultural products with North Korea
      • e. The operation of international cooperation tariffs, special emergency tariffs, elastic tariffs, and an industrial damage relief system
      • f. The classification of reunion commodities
      • g. The evaluation of the progress in the opening of the agricultural market
      • h. Safeguard (SG) agreements
  • Audit & Inspection Division
  • The Division shall assist the auditing chief in connection with the following affairs.
    • 1. Audit planning
      • a. Plan and adjustment of auditing business
      • b. The operation of self-auditing organizations
      • c. Auditing the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation and its member organizations
      • d. General affairs in the auditing chief's room
    • 2. The prevention of corruption
      • a. Establishing, promoting and supervising plans to intensify the discipline of public offices and prevent corruption
      • b. Inspecting the discipline of affiliated organizations and bodies
      • c. Headquarters auditing and daily auditing
      • d. Investigating and treating petitions and irregularities including those presented by other ministries and agencies
      • e. The registration and examination of the properties of public officials, reports on gifts and limits to employment
    • 3. Audit 1
      • a. Integrating the materials to be audited by the Board of Audit and Inspection and doing liaison businesses
      • b. Supervising the work of the auditing information comprehensive system
      • c. Auditing local governments, including the government joint auditing
      • d. Dealing with the demands made by the Board of Audit and Inspection after its auditing
      • e. Auditing the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service and the National Seed Management Office
    • 4. Audit 2
      • a. Auditing the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service and the Agricultural training Institute
      • b. Auditing the Korea Racing Association
      • c. Auditing the Rural Development Administration and the Forestry Administration
    • 5. Audit 3
      • a. Auditing the National Plant Quarantine Service
      • b. Auditing the Agricultural and Fishery Marketing Corporation
      • c. Inspecting the Eulji Practice
    • 6. Audit 4
      • a. Auditing the corporations established in accordance with the civil law
      • b. Dealing with what the minister and/or vice-minister has ordered concerning auditing, including the actual conditions of agricultural and forestry affairs
      • c. Supervising and inspecting the actual conditions of civil petitions transmitted by the Office of the President and other civil petitions
    • 7. Audit 5
      • a. Auditing the Korea Agricultural and Rural Infrastructure Corporation
      • b. The auditing of agricultural and forestry technology development projects
      • c. The control of business trips
      • d. Administrative auditing and the operation of the audit request and deliberation conference