South Korea: Export contract for seaweed export to Japan worth 65 billion won

This year, Japan's seaweed exports were confirmed to be worth 65 billion won. Compared to the previous year, the volume increased by 5.6% and the amount increased by 11%. According to the Korea Fisheries Trade Association, an export contract worth 65 billion won was signed at the “28th Korean laver export bidding and consultation to Japan” held on the 24th and 25th of last month via videoconference. In particular, in this bidding and consultation meeting, seasoned laver and seaweed preparations with high added value are very popular, so seasoned seaweed and seaweed preparations signed contracts worth 21.6 billion won and 20.7 billion won, respectively, exceeding the contract amounts of 15.6 billion won and 17 billion won last year. hit an all-time high. Japan is a major importer of Korean laver, and Korean exporters are expanding the export market in Japan with various products such as seasoned laver and seaweed in addition to dried laver, a traditional export item. In particular, ...