South Korea: Hongseong garlic, pilot exported to Malaysia and Hong Kong

(Hongseong = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim So-yeon = Hongseong garlic, a specialty crop of Hongseong-gun, South Chungcheong Province, is entering Malaysia and Hong Kong following the United States and Singapore. Hongseong-gun announced on the 16th that it is conducting a pilot export of Hongseong garlic to Malaysia and Hong Kong together with the Rural Development Administration. On the 11th of last month, a ship carrying 170 kg of unpeeled blood garlic departed for Malaysia. On the 23rd, peeled garlic will be exported to Hong Kong. The export volume has not yet been confirmed. Hongseong garlic was exported on a pilot basis to the United States in 2021 and Singapore in 2022. Lee Seung-bok, director of the Hongseong Agricultural Technology Center, said, “After seeing the market response through pilot exports, we plan to ...