After the Gangseo Market watermelon pallet shipment... "Logistics costs skyrocketed"

Costs 'snowball' due to external sorting facility operations Wholesale watermelon handlers decrease to 10 Transaction volume down 3% year-on-year Unit price up 17% surveyed Wholesale corporation intake down 10% Shipment destinations changed to Incheon, Daejeon, etc. There are criticisms that the Seoul Metropolitan Agricultural and Fisheries Marketing Corporation's mandate for pallet shipments of watermelons entering the Gangseo Agricultural Wholesale Market is causing losses for shippers, distributors, and consumers. The reason is that operating an external sorting facility separately has increased the number of shipment stages and logistics costs. Starting April 1, the Seoul Metropolitan Agricultural and Fisheries Marketing Corporation mandated pallet loading before shipment for watermelons entering the Gangseo Market. The intention was to increase the market's competitiveness through logistics efficiency, but market wholesalers in Gangseo have been opposing it, calling it a ...