Jinju City Hosts Gyeongnam Agricultural Products Export Tower Awards Ceremony... 51 Recipients of Group and Individual Export Towers

Gyeongnam Province Agricultural Products Export Tower Award Ceremony.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] On the 12th, Jinju City in Gyeongnam held the 26th Gyeongsangnam-do Agricultural Products Export Tower Awards Ceremony at the City Hall Citizen Hall.

At the ceremony, about 100 people including the mayor of Jinju, city council members, heads of agricultural-related organizations, agricultural product export companies, and producing farmers attended, and awards were given in the categories of Best Export Agricultural Group, Group Export Tower, and Individual Export Tower.

The Best Export Agricultural Group Award was won by Korea Baeyoung Agricultural Cooperative, selected through a qualification review among 60 export agricultural groups.

In the Group Export Tower category, Yeongji Export Agricultural Group received the $7 million Export Tower, and in the Individual Export Tower category, 5 recipients received the $500,000 Export Tower, 11 received the $300,000 Export Tower, and 33 received the $100,000 Export Tower.

Kim Geon-su, CEO of Korea Baeyoung Agricultural Cooperative, said, “I am honored and feel a heavy responsibility,” adding, “I will continue to dedicate myself to expanding the export market and supporting export farmers as I have done so far.”

A city official stated, “The driving force behind the continued increase in agricultural product exports despite difficult domestic and international conditions is the will and effort of export farmers,” and added, “We will discover new export items through overseas special sales events to enhance the reputation as the nation’s number one fresh agricultural product export city.”

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