Gyeonggi-do Opens Export Routes for SMEs Blocked by COVID-19 with Swift 'Diplomatic Administration'

FT Energy, Tenant of Ansan Hanyang University Startup Incubation Center
Export Blocked by COVID-19, Facing Difficulties
Gyeonggi Province Obtains Special Entry Approval Through Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Qatar Embassy in Korea
Export Successfully Completed

Fluid distributor

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province has opened up export routes for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the province that were blocked due to COVID-19 through collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

According to Gyeonggi Province on the 17th, FT Energy (CEO Han Jae-yeon), located in the Hanyang University Startup Incubation Center in Ansan, signed a contract in January to export a regional cooling thermal storage tank (fluid distributor) to Qatar in a local assembly form and shipped the goods. However, due to the spread of COVID-19, the dispatch of technical personnel responsible for assembly on site was blocked, causing difficulties.

In response, CEO Han Jae-yeon conveyed the export difficulties to Gyeonggi Province at the end of April. The province sent a cooperation letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the same month and requested cooperation from the Embassy of Qatar in Korea at the end of May.

In the letter, the province stated, "FT Energy, an export company in Gyeonggi Province, has been responsible for supplying and installing parts for Qatar MDP4 since 2019. Work at the Qatar site was scheduled to begin in March, but due to the suspension of entry into Qatar caused by COVID-19, the materials already exported are approaching their expiration date and may have to be discarded." They asked for cooperation to allow technical personnel to be dispatched to the Qatar site as soon as possible.

Accordingly, the Embassy of Qatar in Korea, after consultations with its home country, approved special entry exceptions for four technical personnel from FT Energy in early June. FT Energy dispatched the four technical personnel to Qatar in June. After undergoing a 14-day quarantine, they were deployed to the site on the 10th of last month and have been carrying out their duties.

Han Jae-yeon, CEO of FT Energy, expressed gratitude, saying, "The fluid distributor exported to Qatar is a device that supplies oil evenly to all machines requiring multi-axis distribution and becomes unusable after a certain period. Thanks to Gyeonggi Province's multifaceted diplomatic efforts, technical personnel were able to enter Qatar."

Ryu Kwang-yeol, Director of the Economic Office of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "The approval of special entry exceptions for four FT Energy technical personnel by the Qatar government, which had imposed a complete entry ban on foreigners due to COVID-19, would have been impossible without the active efforts of Gyeonggi Province and the cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of Qatar in Korea."

Meanwhile, FT Energy exported additional shipments to Qatar in April by sending goods to nearby Kuwait and then delivering them to Qatar locally as a detour method.

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