South Korea's insect-industry sales rose 11.8% in 2025 as black soldier fly sales surged
South Korea's Agriculture Ministry released a survey showing insect-industry sales reached 59.1 billion won in 2025, up 11.8% from the previous year. Sales of black soldier flies used for animal feed rose 65.3% to 16.8 billion won, while edible-insect sales fell 15.1% to 20.1 billion won. The number of registered insect production, processing and distribution businesses declined 6.4% to 2,760.