Sancheong-gun Non-face-to-face Export Consultation... Export Consultations Worth 6.6 Billion KRW

Pre-Contract with US Home Shopping World for Wild Vegetables and Health Foods
Participation of Local Export Specialists and San-encheong Shopping Mall Vendors

Excellent Agricultural Products Online Export Consultation Meeting MOU Signing between Overseas Buyer Representatives and County Governor Lee Jae-geun [Image Source=Sancheong-gun]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] A non-face-to-face export consultation held by Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam, resulted in export consultations worth $5,814,500 (approximately 6.58 billion KRW), receiving positive responses from exporting companies.

The county announced on the 2nd that it conducted an online export consultation for one day on the 1st in the county office's main conference room to overcome the difficult export environment caused by COVID-19.

To support new market development for Sancheong area export companies, 18 overseas buyers from six countries including the United States, Japan, and China participated in this consultation.

In Sancheong, 11 companies including export-specialized firms and San-encheong shopping mall tenants participated with 62 products, and samples from each company were provided to buyers in advance.

Buyers and participating companies conducted consultations using the online video system installed at each booth.

Prior to this export consultation, Sancheong Sericulture Agricultural Cooperative, Sancheong Functional Bean Farming Corporation, and Jirisan Sancheong Village Farm signed pre-export contracts worth $21,200 with U.S. home shopping company World for products such as wild vegetables, Ansimdang, and dried persimmons, and also signed export contracts for excellent agricultural specialties like honey with China and India.

The companies participating in the consultation conducted export consultations for 62 items including excellent local agricultural foods and health foods, recording export consultation results worth $5,814,500 (approximately 6.58 billion KRW).

Meanwhile, the county was selected as an excellent institution for agricultural and marine product exports in Gyeongnam Province in March 2021, having recorded outstanding export performance last year.

The county recorded export performance worth $7,724,000 last year, which is a 16% increase compared to 2019.

Lee Jae-geun, the mayor of Sancheong-gun, said, “Our county is promoting various projects such as online promotions to pioneer new overseas markets and customized export support projects tailored to the capabilities of promising export companies. Through this online export consultation, we were able to gain know-how to expand our own export channels. We will continue to work together with farmers who sweat to produce premium agricultural products to expand export markets.”

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