Wando-gun Secures $3.1 Million Contracts with Five Countries at Export Consultation Meeting

Hybrid On-Off Export Consultation Meeting Held in Connection with Jangbogo Seafood Festival

[Wando=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyungpil] Jeonnam Wando-gun announced on the 9th that it held the 'Wando-gun On-Off Hybrid Export Consultation Meeting' at the Gun Life Culture Center from the 4th to the 5th to expand overseas market channels for seafood.

Hosted by the county and organized by KOTRA Gwangju Jeonnam Support Group and Jeollanam-do Small and Medium Business Promotion Agency, this export consultation meeting was planned to support untact marketing and overseas market channel development, and was operated both online and offline considering the difficulty of overseas buyers entering the country due to COVID-19.

Eleven excellent export companies of local agricultural and marine specialty products participated in the export consultation meeting, and 24 companies from 10 countries participated as overseas buyers.

They showcased various Wando seafood processed products that caught buyers' attention, including abalone shukhoe, abalone gambas, and abalone chowder, which are Wando-gun's export star items, as well as flatfish porridge, seaweed health supplements, and seaweed noodles.

Through a total of 40 export consultations, eight contracts worth 3.1 million USD were signed with buyers from five countries including Australia and Vietnam.

In particular, it is evaluated that this became a foothold for pioneering new markets as, for the first time since the county's export consultation meeting was held, a large number of local overseas buyers were invited through collaboration with global trade centers via KOTRA, moving beyond the existing Korean buyers.

A Wando-gun official stated, "We will spare no effort in various follow-up support such as promotional events to ensure that companies that achieved export contract results through the export consultation meeting can actually proceed with exports."

Additionally, on May 6, a purchase consultation meeting inviting MDs from major domestic distribution companies was held at the Wando-gun Life Culture Center.

Eleven distribution companies from Wando-gun and nine major domestic distribution companies including GS Retail Co., Ltd. and All That Shopping participated in the purchase consultation meeting, resulting in one business agreement and two store entry negotiations through 54 consultations.

Wando=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyungpil

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