South Korea: 37.5t of Yanggu paprika goes up the export route to Japan

(Yanggu = Yonhap News) Reporter Ji-woong Yang = Paprika, the representative agricultural product of Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do, went up for export to Japan on the 23rd. On this day, 37.5 tons of paprika from Yanggu was exported to Japan through the shipment ceremony held at the Agricultural Cooperative Distribution Center in Yanggu-gun. This is equivalent to 100 million won for three containers. Gangwon-do is planning to export paprika this year to 2,000 tons. In Yanggu, four farms participate in the export and plan to produce 300 tons at 3 hectares this year. Kangwon Export CEO Ahn Kwon-yong said, "With this export shipment ceremony as a starting point, we will help clean agricultural and fishery products such as paprika from Gangwon-do expand beyond Japan to the global ...