Garak Market Vegetable Section Auction Until Evening of August 5, Reopening from Evening of August 8

Notice of Summer Closure Days in 2021 for Garak Market and Others

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Seoul's Garak-dong Agricultural and Marine Products Wholesale Market (hereinafter Garak Market) and others will enter summer closure.

According to the Seoul Agro-Fisheries & Food Corporation (President Kim Kyung-ho), among the fruit and vegetable categories at Garak Market, the vegetable category will hold auctions until the evening of August 5 and will reopen from the evening of August 8.

Also, the fruit category closed after the morning auction on August 6 and will resume auctions at dawn on August 9.

Among the seafood categories at Garak Market, fresh fish and shellfish categories closed after the morning auction on August 6 and will restart from the evening auction on August 8.

Dried seafood category held auctions until the morning of July 27 and will resume from the dawn auction on August 2.

Additionally, at Gangseo Agricultural Products Wholesale Market (hereinafter Gangseo Market), for the auction system (vegetable and fruit categories), the vegetable category closed after the evening auction on July 29 and will restart from the evening auction on August 1.

Also, the fruit category closed after the morning auction on July 30 and will resume from the dawn auction on August 2. For the market wholesaler system, transactions were conducted until 6 p.m. on July 30 and will resume from 6 p.m. on August 1.

The grain wholesale market conducted transactions until 6 p.m. on July 30 and will resume from 7 a.m. on August 2.

Lee Ni-se, Head of the Distribution Headquarters, stated, “To ensure smooth supply of agricultural and marine products before and after the summer closure, we will strengthen cooperation with wholesale market corporations and intermediate wholesalers to do our best to stabilize supply and demand.”

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