Hadong Okjong strawberries are exported to the UK and Saudi Arabia for the first time in South Korea

[Reporter Koo Ja-ryong, Korea Farmers and Fishermen Newspaper] Strawberries from Okjong-myeon, Hadong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, became the first in Korea to be exported to the UK and Saudi Arabia. On December 19, Hadong-gun held the 'Export of Hadong Agricultural Specialty Products to the UK and Hadong Okjong' event held at the Hadong Agricultural Cooperative Rice Cooperative Joint Business Corporation in the presence of County Governor Ha Seung-cheol, County Councilors Kang Dae-seon, Park Hee-sung, and Ha In-ho, Kim Eun-soo, head of the Hadong-gun Nonghyup branch, heads of local agricultural cooperatives, and export company officials. The first export shipment ceremony of strawberries to the UK and Saudi Arabia was held. Seven items of Hadong-gun processed agricultural products worth $37,000 and 300 kg of Hadong Okjong strawberries worth $7,000 are scheduled to be exported to consumers through H-MART, an Asian supermarket in the UK. Additionally, 600 kg of Hadong Okjong strawberries ...