South Korea: Positive results from the Goesan-gun agri-food export conference

Published 2021년 7월 12일

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Goesan-gun in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, successfully held an agricultural and food export conference, hosting 74 consultations with overseas buyers from 17 countries, including Turkey, India, and Zambia. The conference resulted in agreements to export various products like soy sauce, sauces, red pepper powder, flowers, and seaweed, totaling $7.97 million within five years and $1.54 million within a year. The event, participated by 18 companies and organizations, was praised for its organization and was attended by Mimi Foods, which signed a $40,000 export contract with Ocean Tree from Singapore. The local government aims to reach an agri-food export goal of $4.1 million this year by organizing more conferences, offering export logistics support, and providing packaging materials for export agricultural products.

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(Goesan = Yonhap News) Reporter Jae-cheon Park = Goesan-gun, North Chungcheong Province announced on the 12th that 74 consultations were held at the agricultural and food export conference inviting overseas buyers staying in Korea on the 29th of last month. The consultation amount agreed to within five years, such as soy sauce, sauces, red pepper powder, flowers, and seaweed, is $7.97 million. Among them, the amount of contract promotion to be signed within one year is $1.54 million. The event was held in the form of online and offline consultations with 22 overseas buyers from 17 countries, including Turkey, India, and Zambia, by 18 companies and organizations in Goesan. Mimi Foods signed a $40,000 export contract for agrifood sauces with Singapore's Ocean Tree at the site. A military official said, "The satisfaction of local companies and overseas buyers was high, and most of them showed a willingness to participate in the export conference again." The military set a goal of ...

Source: Yna