South Korea: This year’s Jeju winter radish is exported to the U.S. for the first time, 18 days earlier than last year

(Jeju = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Ho-cheon = In order to stabilize the supply and demand of Jeju winter radishes, we began exporting radishes early. On the afternoon of the 1st, Jeju Seongsan Ilchulbong Nonghyup and Nonghyup Trade packed 40 tons of winter radishes into 20 kg boxes at the Seongsan Ilchulbong Nonghyup Distribution Center, placed them in two export containers, and loaded them on two trucks. This winter's radishes are shipped from Jeju Port, moved to Busan Port, and then loaded onto an international cargo ship and exported to Los Angeles, USA. Nonghyup plans to export a total of 1,500 tons of winter radishes to the United States, Canada, and Malaysia this year. This volume is an increase of more than 40% from last year’s export performance of 1,050 tons. The reason for increasing the export volume is that the price of winter radishes from Jeju also fell as the shipment period of summer and fall radishes was pushed back due to price declines. To maintain the price of ...