These are traditional products consumed throughout the country. The two most widely known and most
important in terms of the largest market share are soy sauce and soybean paste. Other products such as fermented
soybean curd, fermented black soybeans and fermented soybean patty are less well known and less
widely distributed. The total annual market value for soybean sauce and soybean paste has been estimated at
80 million U.S. dollar (USD) per year, with an annual increase of 15-20%. Approximately half of the soy sauce marketed consists of chemically hydrolyzed products, and the other half consists of traditionally fermented types.