Jinju Geumgok Nonghyup Awarded Export Tower for Agricultural Food Exports of 7 Million USD

Contributing to Domestic Price Support and Increased Farm Income through Export Promotion

Gyeongnam Nonghyup announced on the 15th that Jinju Geumgok Nonghyup was honored with the 2023 Agricultural Food Export Tower Award for achieving $7 million in exports.

The Export Tower Award ceremony was held at the Jinju Geumgok Nonghyup regular general meeting, attended by about 100 people including Kim Jeong-gu, head of the Nonghyup Jinju branch, Ryu Ok-hyun, chairman of Jinju Geumgok Nonghyup, Ahn In-se, executive director, and delegates.

The Nonghyup Export Achievement Tower is awarded to Nonghyup organizations that renew their export performance in units of $1 million. Jinju Geumgok Nonghyup renewed its export record by a remarkable $3 million at once, achieving $7 million in 2023 following the $4 million milestone in 2015.

Jinju Geumgok Nonghyup was honored with the 7 million USD Export Tower Award for agricultural food exports in 2023. (From left: Ryu Ok-hyun, Cooperative Head; Kim Jeong-gu, Branch Manager)

Jinju Geumgok Nonghyup exports strawberries, paprika, and chili peppers, and exported 840 tons worth 9.1 billion KRW in 2023. This represents a 77% increase in export volume (365 tons increase) and a 133% increase in export value (5.2 billion KRW increase) compared to the previous year.

Chairman Ryu Ok-hyun said, “Despite difficult conditions such as soaring agricultural material prices and high oil prices, I am grateful to the farmers who produced excellent export agricultural products,” and added, “We plan to further strengthen export competitiveness by fostering export cooperative shipping associations, enhancing export agricultural product sorting, and expanding overseas market promotions.”

Director Cho Geun-su stated, “We will strengthen on-site support for production area Nonghyup branches and expand support for production areas by establishing a support system through cooperation with export-related organizations to ensure smooth export activities.”

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