Wando-gun Sells Seaweed Processed Products and Seafood in Los Angeles, USA

8 Export Companies Participate... Overseas Promotion Event Held

Last August, a Wando seafood product promotion event was held at the Hannam Chain in the United States. (Photo by Wando-gun)

[Wando＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyungpil] Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Shin Woo-cheol) will hold the "Wando Seafood Overseas Promotion Exhibition," featuring 8 export companies from Wando-gun, at the Han Nam Chain in LA, USA, for 14 days from the 30th of this month to the 13th of next month.

According to the county on the 28th, the promotion exhibition was planned to expand overseas market channels for Wando seafood in connection with large retail stores in the United States and to provide an opportunity to promote the 2022 Wando International Seaweed Expo.

The promotion exhibition will be held simultaneously at two Han Nam Chain locations in LA (hereinafter Fullerton branch, S-MART branch), selling various Wando seafood products such as frozen abalone, abalone porridge, seaweed noodles, dried maesaengi, and processed seaweed products.

The Wando-gun companies participating in the promotion exhibition are Wando Abalone Co., Ltd., Wando Geumil Fisheries Cooperative, Wando Sea Food, Wando Maesaengi Cooperative, Badahyanggi, Wando Mom Fishery Cooperative Corporation, Wando Sarang S&F, and Nuri Fishery Cooperative Corporation, totaling 8 companies.

Han Nam Chain, which distributes Korean agricultural and marine products, is a large retail company with 7 chain stores in the United States, including LA, and its main customers are Koreans and Chinese-speaking consumers.

This promotion exhibition is hosted by KHEE TRADING INC (CEO Ryu Donhee), a local US food buyer who has long operated a permanent Jeollanam-do sales booth within Han Nam Chain.

For the promotion exhibition, KHEE TRADING imported approximately $100,000 worth of Wando seafood products from May to June.

A Wando-gun official stated, "Since overseas activities are expected to be difficult due to COVID-19 in the second half of the year, we plan to continuously hold seafood promotion exhibitions in China, Japan, France, and other countries by utilizing local buyers and personal networks."

Meanwhile, the county successfully held a promotion exhibition at two Han Nam Chain stores in the United States last August and exported about 110 million KRW worth of seafood products for the promotion exhibition.

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