Hamyang Sansam Expo D-100 Days Commemoration ... New Southern Frontier Online Export Consultation Meeting

Participation of 39 Buyers from 3 Countries Including Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines, and 17 Export Companies from Hamyang

New Southern Policy Online Export Consultation [Image source=Hamyang-gun]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 14th that it held the ‘New Southern Countries Online Export Consultation’ to commemorate D-100 days before the Sansam Expo at the county office’s main conference room, with the participation of 17 local agricultural food export companies and 39 buyers from three countries: Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines.

This consultation was conducted online targeting the New Southern countries, where the Korean Wave is popular. On the 10th, consultations were held with 22 Indonesian buyers, and on the 11th, with 17 buyers from Thailand and the Philippines.

The 17 agricultural food export companies from Hamyang-gun participated in 119 consultations over two days, and foreign buyers expressed their hope to purchase products through continuous exchanges regarding anti-aging products, teas, tteokbokki, chips, apples, and more produced in Hamyang.

As a result of conducting these 119 consultations, the consultation amount reached 1.63 million USD, and two purchase agreements worth 70,000 USD were signed.

The county proceeded with the consultation in mutual trust.

The participating companies also promoted their products to facilitate export contracts.

The county plans to continuously manage the outcomes of this consultation and promote excellent agricultural food products in connection with the Gyeongsangnam-do Jakarta office in Indonesia.

At the opening ceremony, Hamyang County Governor Seo Chun-soo, through a conversation with local buyers and Yoo Seung-hee, the officer of the Jakarta office in Indonesia, said, “Many export companies are facing difficulties due to COVID-19,” and added, “We ask for your cooperation so that excellent products can be exported through this consultation, and we hope you will visit the Sansam Expo as well.”

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