Statistics from the Korean Anti-epidemic Department show that as of yesterday, more than 7,500 Korean schools have switched to online teaching, again setting a record for the number of schools suspended after the epidemic. Nearly all orders for school catering milk received by the Korean dairy industry have been cancelled. The total is expected to reach 10,000 tons, which is about 8% of the total sales of the dairy industry in the first half of the year.

South Korea’s largest dairy company said that from January to April this year, school catering milk sales were almost blank, which directly led to a 30% year-on-year decline in sales during the same period. As a large number of schools in South Korea switched to online teaching again last month, the average daily consumption of catering milk in South Korean schools dropped by 80%. According to data from the Korea Dairy Farmers Association, from January to May this year, the total amount of Korean domestic milk surplus reached 106,000 tons, accounting for 11.8% of the total output in the same period. Dealing with unsalable milk has become a top priority for Korean dairy companies.