South Korea: Chungnam seafood exports increased this year

Published 2020년 12월 7일

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Exports of seasoned laver from the Chungnam region of South Korea have increased fourfold compared to the previous year, contributing to the region's seafood exports reaching a projected $100 million for the first time. As of October, these exports amounted to $931,560,000, a 20% increase from the same period in the previous year, with seasoned laver making up 76.2% of the total exports. Other seafood products, such as dried laver, other processed seafood, shellfish, seaweed, fish meat, and algae, also contributed to the total exports. The increase in exports is attributed to both demand for convenience foods during the Corona 19 pandemic and business development efforts.

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The export of seasoned laver to Chungnam region has exploded more than four times compared to last year, and the export of seafood products from Chungnam Province is on the verge of surpassing $100 million for the first time ever. According to South Chungcheong Province, as of the end of October, exports of seafood in the Chungnam region amounted to 93156,000 dollars, up 20% (15556,000 dollars) from 77.6 million dollars in the same period last year. The nationwide seafood exports amounted to $1,853.1 million at the end of October, down 9.7% or $19.63 million from $2,0527.77 million in the same period last year. As of the end of October, when looking at the export amount of seafood in the Chungnam region by item, seasoned laver and other processed seafood products accounted for 76.2% of the total exports at $70.962,000. In particular, seasoned laver was reported to have increased 4.1 times from $17.33,000 in the same period last year. After seasoned laver, △laver (dried laver) ...

Source: Fisheco