Overhaul of the wholesale market system announced... "We will nurture online [platforms] and weed out insolvent corporations"

Published Dec 2, 2025

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[Agricultural, Fisheries, and Livestock Products Newspaper=Reporter Kim Jin-oh] As distribution-related entities, including wholesale market corporations, adapt to the online wholesale market, the government has warned that it plans to overhaul the evaluation system for wholesale market corporations to expel underperforming ones. The Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT) held a two-day "2025 Agricultural Products Wholesale Market Development Plan Stakeholder Workshop" at the Lotte Resort in Buyeo, Chungnam, from the 26th to the 27th of last month. The workshop aimed to enhance stakeholders' understanding of policy measures for improving the agricultural product distribution structure and to explore ways to develop the wholesale market. The attendees included representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, aT, wholesale market operators, wholesale market corporations and auction houses, and external experts.

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A workshop of related parties on the development plan for the 2025 agricultural products wholesale market... Seeking improvement measures for the distribution structure As wholesale market corporations and other distribution-related parties adapt to the online wholesale market, the government warned that it plans to overhaul the evaluation system for wholesale market corporations and expel underperforming ones. The Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT) held a two-day "2025 Agricultural Products Wholesale Market Development Plan Related Parties Workshop" from the 26th to the 27th of last month at the Lotte Resort in Buyeo, Chungnam. The workshop aimed to increase related parties' understanding of policy on improving agricultural product distribution structures and to seek development plans for the wholesale market. The event was attended by 210 related parties including representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, aT, wholesale market ...

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