South Korea: Agri-food exports target of $8.1 billion this year by targeting Chinese online stores

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Young-jae = The government has decided to increase the exports of agricultural foods this year to 8.1 billion dollars (approximately 9 trillion won) through the development of Korean agri-food sales channels in Chinese online stores. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on the 3rd the'Agrifood Export Expansion Strategy' at a meeting of the Central Emergency Economy Headquarters. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food has set a target for exports of agricultural food this year at $8.1 billion. This is 7.0% higher than last year's agricultural food exports ($7.57 billion). Last year, exports of agri-food recorded a record high even in the case of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19). The Ministry of Agriculture and Food is paying attention to the spread of online agri-food distribution with the Corona 19 incident. The demand for healthy and functional foods and convenient home foods is also expanding. Accordingly, the ...