Gyeongbuk Province Urgently Purchases 4,000 Tons of Typhoon-Damaged Apples

20kg Box for 10,000 Won

Gyeongbuk Province has decided to urgently purchase all apples damaged by Typhoon Khanun, the 6th typhoon of the season.

As of the 11th, the area of apple damage in the province caused by the typhoon was estimated at 375 hectares (352 hectares of fallen fruit and 23 hectares of flooded orchards).

Apple fallen due to Typhoon 'Khanun'.

The emergency purchase volume is estimated to be about 4,000 tons, with a total project cost of 2 billion KRW.

Lee Cheol-woo, Governor of Gyeongbuk Province, judged that the top priority is to minimize farmers' losses by immediately purchasing the damaged apples caused by the typhoon. He held an urgent consultation with the purchasing agency, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Fruit and Nut Agricultural Cooperative, and gave special instructions to ensure prompt support through advance purchase and post-settlement.

Accordingly, Gyeongbuk Province will purchase apples from all apple-growing farms wishing to sell at 10,000 KRW per 20kg box.

Farmers can collect fallen apples in baskets and apply to the fruit department of the city or county, the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Fruit and Nut Agricultural Cooperative branch in the city or county, or the economic business office. The Daegu-Gyeongbuk Fruit and Nut Agricultural Cooperative will then collect the gathered fallen fruit by vehicle while touring the farms and transport them to processing plants.

The purchased apples will be reborn as processed products at the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Fruit and Nut Agricultural Cooperative beverage processing plant and sold on the market.

Meanwhile, Gyeongbuk Province took swift action by urgently purchasing 240 tons of apples damaged by hail just before the harvest in July, and plans to secure national funds to immediately support farmers in case of additional damage from heatwaves, typhoons, and other disasters in the future.

Governor Lee Cheol-woo said, “Farmers in the province are suffering severe difficulties due to consecutive weather disasters such as low temperatures, hail, heavy rain, and typhoons,” adding, “Gyeongbuk is the largest apple-producing region in the country and possesses the best apple cultivation technology, thus firmly leading Korea’s fruit industry. We will spare no administrative and financial support to ensure that those key players do not feel loss or frustration from this typhoon damage.”

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