South Korea: the first shipment of agricultural and fishery products in Jeonnam, 'popular in Amazon'

Published 2021년 2월 9일

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Jeonnam Province in South Korea has started its first export shipment for its target of $5 million on Amazon this year. The initial shipment included 23 products from 14 companies, with processed abalone and organic laver being the most popular. The province plans to add over 50 products to its Amazon store and aims to open new brand pavilions in Canada and the UK. It also intends to register with the US FDA, market products in stores, and establish export bases to achieve its goal.

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(Muan = Yonhap News) Reporter Woon-Chang Yeo = Jeonnam Province held the first export shipment ceremony to achieve the Amazon export target of $5 million this year. Amazon's Jeonnam Brand Pavilion has 63 products from 27 companies in Jeonnam, and this time, products worth about $246,000 were shipped from 23 products from 14 companies. Processed abalone and organic laver products, which are on the rise since their first store in January of this year, were shipped additionally by $26,000 and $30,000, respectively. Since July of last year, Jeonnam-do has been selling 12 products developed to suit the taste and sensibility of locals by selecting seven items among agricultural and fishery products with comparative advantage in the province since early January this year. Among them, the organic lunchbox laver from Brothers Fisheries in Sinan-gun gained great popularity, as it became an Amazon bestseller within three weeks of entering the store. Items sold together are Yeosu dried fish ...

Source: Yna