Wando-gun Signs Business Agreement for Exporting Wando Kim to Japan

Cooperation to Expand Seaweed Export and Market Channels between Wando-gun⇔Honam Industry⇔Kinbara Noriten

[Wando=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyungpil] On the 22nd, Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do, signed a business agreement at Wando-gun Office with Honam Industry and Japan's Kinbara Noriten to facilitate the smooth export of Wando Gim (seaweed) to Japan.

At the signing ceremony, six people attended including Shin Woo-cheol, Wando County Governor, Kim Hyung-jun, CEO of Honam Industry, and Yoshihisa Fujisawa, CEO of Japan's Kinbara Noriten, agreeing to ensure the smooth export of Wando Gim to Japan, and Kinbara Noriten pledged to actively cooperate in expanding the sales channels for Wando Gim.

Through this business agreement, Honam Industry will supply Kinbara Noriten with Wando Gim worth approximately 2 billion KRW.

Kinbara Noriten is a seaweed-specialized company located in Tokyo, Japan, with last year's sales amounting to about 20 billion KRW, and imported seafood products worth 5 billion KRW from Korea, including raw seaweed, seasoned seaweed, and salted seaweed.

Shin Woo-cheol, Wando County Governor, said, "I believe this is a great opportunity to expand exports of Wando Gim to Japan, where seaweed consumption is high, and we will widely promote the excellence of Wando seafood, including Gim, to contribute to increasing exports."

Meanwhile, in Wando-gun, 379 fishing households cultivate Gim, with a cultivation area of 11,960 hectares and a facility volume of 152,974 books.

Wando=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyungpil alwatros@asiae.co.kr

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