Jeonnam Province Rolls Up Sleeves to Support Fisheries Food Companies in Strengthening Export Competitiveness

[Muan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Province has rolled up its sleeves to strengthen the 'export competitiveness' of seafood food companies.

On the 20th, the province announced that it will invest 5.4 billion KRW in a project to support the distribution of equipment to improve the quality and hygiene of seafood processing and export companies.

Recently, as countries around the world have strengthened customs procedures, hygiene, and quarantine processes to protect their domestic industries, this has become a management burden for the seafood export industry, prompting the province to provide focused support to resolve this issue.

This project targets fishermen who simply process seafood and seafood food manufacturing and export companies, with support available up to 300 million KRW per company.

The project funds will be used to establish processing facilities for new product production and equipment to improve hygiene such as foreign substance sorters, metal detectors, and automatic packaging equipment, and replacement of outdated equipment is also possible.

The recruitment period varies by city and county. Those wishing to apply should contact the marine and fisheries department of their local city or county office before applying.

Until now, the seafood food processing company processing and hygiene facility support project has been implemented on an annual scale of 5.6 billion KRW (30% national funds, 70% self-payment) led by the government.

However, as a result of the province's continuous requests for the need to expand the support scale, local government funds were newly reflected this year, increasing the project budget to 11.1 billion KRW (30% national funds, 30% local funds, 40% self-payment), with Jeonnam Province allocated about 50% of the national project volume.

In particular, the support limit per company was only 70 million KRW until last year, which limited realistic facility investment, but from this year, the support amount per company has increased to 300 million KRW, reducing the burden.

Wi Gwanghwan, Director of the Marine and Fisheries Bureau of Jeonnam Province, said, “With the growth of the health food market, domestic seafood consumption and overseas exports are on the rise, and securing consumer trust in quality is urgent to lead this trend. We will continue to provide generous support for improving seafood food quality and exports so that seafood can play a pivotal role in Jeonnam’s economic development.”

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