2011 was an exceptional year for total exports due to a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in South Korea in late 2010. We certainly wouldn't attribute the entire decline to that, but this year, for example, where our exports are down almost 20% and Korean imports are up 13% to 15%, I think the only thing that would explain that would be the absence of a free trade agreement for Canada, and its competitors having free trade agreements.
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