Bukpaju Nonghyup Members Visit Gangseo Market to Discuss Expanding Transactions with Market Wholesalers

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] About 20 members of Bukpaju Nonghyup (Chairman Lee Gap-young) visited Gangseo Agricultural Products Wholesale Market on April 30th to hold a meeting and on-site inspection event aimed at revitalizing agricultural product transactions between market wholesalers and Bukpaju Nonghyup.

This visit to Gangseo Market by Bukpaju Nonghyup was part of a mutual exchange event following the 'Business Agreement for Revitalizing Agricultural Product Sales' signed on March 29th between Seoul Agro-Fisheries & Food Corporation (President Kim Kyung-ho), the Market Wholesalers Development Committee (Chairman Lim Wan-sang), and Bukpaju Nonghyup.

As of 2020, the volume of agricultural products produced in Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, shipped to Gangseo Market under the market wholesaler system was 3,020 tons (worth approximately 3.8 billion KRW), with major traded items including green onions, tomatoes, young radish greens, and mustard greens, mainly local vegetables.

The three organizations?the Corporation, market wholesalers, and Bukpaju Nonghyup?discussed ways to expand shipments of Paju-grown local vegetables to Gangseo Market wholesalers and to plan and sell specialized brand products unique to Paju by leveraging the geographical proximity between the Bukpaju area and Gangseo Market. They also agreed to further strengthen mutual cooperation going forward.

Lee Gap-young, chairman of Bukpaju Nonghyup, stated, “We are very grateful that the Corporation has actively taken the lead in pioneering sales channels for our Bukpaju producers,” adding, “We will also consult with Paju City Hall to receive various supports and strive to expand shipments by collecting agricultural products through member visits and delivering them to Gangseo Market wholesalers.”

No Gye-ho, head of the Corporation’s Gangseo branch, said, “The market wholesaler system is a producer direct transaction system uniquely introduced only at Gangseo Market and has many advantages; however, no one, including the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, has promoted it, so the Corporation has been actively publicizing it,” adding, “As a result of these efforts, we achieved a meaningful milestone by signing a direct business agreement with a Nonghyup organization for the first time, and we plan to actively support practical outcomes in the future.”

With this exchange event realized through the Corporation’s active efforts, which provided an opportunity to enhance members’ understanding of Gangseo Market and the market wholesaler system, it is expected that transactions between Bukpaju Nonghyup members and market wholesalers will be further promoted in the future.

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