Gapyeong County Exports First Pine Nuts and Other Forest Products to the U.S.

Forest products such as ‘Gapyeong Pine Nuts’ produced in Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi Province, have been exported to the United States for the first time. On November 26, the county held a ‘Gapyeong-gun Forest Products US Export Shipment Ceremony’ at Gapyeong Stadium. This export is the first case of processed foods using local forest products as raw materials entering the US market in earnest. The export items include eight types of products including Gapyeong pine nuts, taffy, Korean sweets, soy sauce, and soybean paste made from pine nuts. These products will be sold at the New York and New Jersey branches of ‘Food Bazaar Market,’ a representative Asian grocery distribution chain located in the eastern United States. Food Bazaar is a large chain that handles groceries from all over Asia, including Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia, and has about 45 stores in the eastern United States alone. The county plans to hold promotional events at two to three stores to promote and expand ...