Ministry of SMEs and Startups, Recruiting Companies for 2024 Sourcing Week Participation

Comprehensive Support for Expanding Domestic and International Market Access for SMEs

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced on the 24th that it will recruit about 1,300 small and venture companies to participate in the '2024 Korea Sourcing Week.'

Korea Sourcing Week is a comprehensive business consultation event that has been held since 2022 by integrating export channel business consultations and domestic channel business consultations to comprehensively support the expansion of domestic and overseas sales channels for small businesses. This year marks the 3rd edition, and the recruitment period is from the 25th to August 8th.

The main programs of the Sourcing Week event consist of ▲1:1 matching export consultations with overseas buyers both online and offline, and ▲1:1 matching purchase consultations with buyers from major domestic distribution channels such as department stores and TV home shopping. Additionally, side events such as ▲exhibitions of excellent products from small businesses and ▲live commerce broadcast sales will be held simultaneously.

This year’s event is scheduled to take place on September 5th and 6th at Hall 9B, Exhibition Center 2, KINTEX in Ilsan. About 180 domestic and overseas buyers are expected to visit and hold business consultations with approximately 1,200 small and venture companies.

Furthermore, to introduce excellent products of small and venture companies to overseas and domestic buyers and visitors attending the event, about 100 companies will be recruited, and professional marketers specializing in each product category will participate on-site to introduce and help experience the products of participating companies.

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