Jinju City. Online Agricultural Food Export Consultation ... $3 Million Export Agreement Signed

Agricultural and Food Exports Overcome the COVID-19 Wave

Jinju City Agricultural Food Online Export Consultation Export Agreement Ceremony

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Jinju City, Gyeongnam Province, held the '2021 Agricultural and Food Online Export Consultation' on the 12th at the MBC Convention for local export companies to pioneer overseas markets for the city's agricultural and food products, signing an export agreement worth 3 million dollars.

This consultation meeting is a city-led overseas export support policy aimed at pioneering overseas markets and opening export channels for agricultural product export groups and agricultural food processing companies, adapting to the rapidly changing export environment due to difficulties in holding traditional face-to-face buyer consultations caused by the spread and prolongation of COVID-19.

The consultation was conducted as one-on-one meetings through a video system set up in the consultation room with buyers from 8 countries (Vietnam, Hong Kong, Japan, China, the United States, Indonesia, Canada, Australia) pre-matched with participating companies that applied, targeting the city's main agricultural export items such as strawberries, paprika, and processed agricultural food products.

As a result of the consultation, 15 export companies held a total of 40 consultations worth approximately 9.7 million dollars. Farmers Farm and Korea Pear Agricultural Cooperative signed an export agreement with Young Trade Hong Kong Limited for strawberries worth 2 million dollars, pears, and persimmons worth 1 million dollars, and plan to proceed with contracts immediately after the consultation meeting.

A city official stated, "Due to COVID-19, all sectors including society and economy are undergoing significant changes, and the environment for agricultural product exports is no exception," adding, "We will continue to implement various export support policies to assist export groups and agricultural food processing companies in entering overseas markets and supporting export marketing."

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