Seaweed, the most important export item of South Korea, exported 65 billion won to Japan this year

Overcoming bad news of Corona 19 with high value-added strategy The popularity of Korean seaweed in Japan is not waning despite the trade conflict between Korea and Japan and the big bad news of Corona 19. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced that it had signed an export contract worth 65 billion won, an increase of 11% compared to the previous year, at the 28th Korean seaweed export bidding and consulting session to Japan, which was held via videoconference from the 24th to the 25th. Despite the global decline in consumption due to the prolonged Corona 19, seaweed is increasing the export scale every year as the most effective export item among agricultural and fishery products. Japan is a major importer of Korean laver, and Korean exporters are expanding the export market in Japan with various products such as seasoned laver and seaweed in addition to dried laver, a traditional export item. It is noteworthy that the total amount of seaweed exports reached 8.7 ...