(Gimpo=Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Jong-gu = The rice from Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, famous for its king's feast and Jinsangmi, is expanding its exports and capturing the taste buds of foreigners. The city of Gimpo announced on the 20th that the local representative agricultural product 'Gimpo Geumssal' has been exported for the first time to Europe and the Kazakhstan region. The Sin-Gimpo Agricultural Cooperative held an export shipment ceremony at the grain comprehensive processing plant on the 15th. Within this month, 47 tons of Gimpo Geumssal (Chamdorim) will be exported to European countries such as the Czech Republic and the Netherlands, as well as Kazakhstan. Gimpo Geumssal was selected as a joint brand for agricultural cooperative rice exports in 2015, 'K-Rice (Rice)', and began its first export to Taiwan through the Sin-Gimpo Agricultural Cooperative, and expanded exports to the United States in 2023. Along with this, the 'Premium Gimpo Jagwangmi Gift Set' containing native rice 'Jagwangmi' has also been released to meet consumers. This gift set is a product made from the seeds of the disappearing Gimpo native rice Jagwangmi, which were restored and cultivated on a large scale by the Agricultural Technology Center. The Jagwangmi gift set, priced at 20,000 won per set, contains three types of rice: Jagwangmi brown rice and white rice, which are the oldest native rice in Gimpo, and the newly developed rice variety 'Hangadeul' white rice. The city of Gimpo is selling 300 sets with a limited edition under the slogan 'Gimpo Jagwangmi, the taste of rice that has been carried on for 300 years'. The Gimpo Geumssal Research Association plans to expand cultivation in an area of more than 1 hectare next year to increase the sales volume of Gimpo Jagwangmi and to develop foods such as traditional liquor and nurungji using Jagwangmi. Gimpo Mayor Kim Byeong-su said, "Efforts are needed to brand Gimpo agriculture with its unique characteristics to gain global competitiveness," and "We will consider developing additional products such as Mildari liquor and Mildari tteok, and expanding them into regional festivals." The city of Gimpo is making efforts to preserve the local agricultural culture, citing ancient documents that state that rice farming began first in Gimpo in Korea.