Jeonnam Province, seaweed exports surpass $300 million in South Korea

Published 2024년 11월 22일

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South Korea's Jeollanam-do province has exported over $300 million worth of seaweed for the first time, contributing to 36% of the country's total seaweed exports. This achievement is credited to the province's strategic plans and initiatives aimed at improving quality and expanding export markets, such as the '$300 million seaweed export project' and the 'comprehensive seaweed industry development plan'. The plans have focused on hygiene and quality improvement, modernization, and marketing efforts. Looking ahead, the province intends to boost seaweed production, increase the industry's high added value, and establish a National Seaweed Industry Promotion Agency to further grow the seaweed industry, which is valued for its economic benefits at every stage from seed to export.

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Jeollanam-do announced that the export amount of seaweed, a single marine product, exceeded $300 million for the first time ever. According to Jeollanam-do, as of the end of October this year, the export amount of seaweed from Korea reached $850 million, of which Jeollanam-do accounted for $306 million. Jeollanam-do's seaweed export amount was only $10 million (7.8% of the national total) in 2010, but it surpassed $300 million this year, accounting for 36% of the national total. This is an analysis that Jeollanam-do's implementation of the '$300 million seaweed export project (18 tasks)' and the 'comprehensive seaweed industry development plan' for innovative quality management and export market expansion through a five-year plan from 2021 to this year was effective. The expansion of organic seafood certification, distribution of certification buoys for seaweed farms, distribution of hygiene management equipment and support for HACCP facilities, modernization of old processing ...

Source: Fisheco