South Korea: Gimcheon walnuts appearing in Sejong annal geography, registered as geographical indication

Published Feb 9, 2022

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The Korea Forest Service has registered Gimcheon walnuts from Gyeongbuk as Geographical Indication No. 59 for forest products. This system differentiates products with clear origin, safe production history, regional, historical, and cultural characteristics from general forest products. Gimcheon is the main producer of walnuts in Korea, accounting for 32% of the national production. Only 13 out of 59 geographical indications for forest products in the country.

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(Andong = Yonhap News) Reporter Dae-seong Son = Gyeongbuk 'Gimcheon walnut' was registered as a geographically indicated forest product by the Korea Forest Service. According to Gyeongbuk Province on the 9th, the Korea Forest Service registered Gimcheon walnuts as Geographical Indication No. 59 for forest products on the 7th. The geographical indication system is a system that separately certifies the product labeling along with the regional name when the characteristics of agricultural, fishery products and processed products are determined by geographic factors or manufacturing methods. Punggi ginseng and Gochang bokbunja are representative examples. Registered forest products are differentiated from general forest products by not only having a clear origin and safe production history, but also having regional characteristics, historical characteristics and cultural characteristics. Gimcheon is the main producer of walnuts in Korea, and about 323 tons of walnuts are produced ...

Source: Yna