(Naju=Yonhap News) Reporter Jang A-reum = The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korea Rural Community Corporation announced on the 26th that they have signed a total of $2.26 million worth of export business agreements at the 2025 Antalya Agricultural Fair in Turkey.
The Antalya Agricultural Fair in Turkey, held from the 18th to the 21st, is an international fair specializing in greenhouse and agricultural technology, with participation from 684 companies from 31 countries and attendance by over 40,000 visitors.
Following last year's $100,000 export agreement, this year the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Corporation increased the number of participating domestic companies from 10 to 20, and provided support such as establishing purchasing company strategies, pre-matching, and company-specific interpretation through the use of local coordinators.
This year, 506 export consultations (worth $29.15 million) were conducted in Turkey, and 13 agreements were signed.
As a result, the export agreement achievements for K agricultural machinery from overseas fairs hosted by the two organizations this year have accumulated to $9.82 million.
Achievements have also been made at the Vietnam Agricultural Technology Fair and the China Agricultural Chemicals and Crop Protection Fair in March, the Indonesia Agricultural Machinery and Agricultural Technology Fair in July, and the Saudi Arabia Riyadh Agricultural Fair in October.
Kim In-jung, President of the Korea Rural Community Corporation, said, "We will continue to provide various supports so that the K agricultural machinery craze can follow the K-food wave."