Gokseong Premium Pears Begin Full-Scale Export to the United States and Other Countries

Gokseonggun Bae Agricultural Cooperative Corporation, Efforts to Strengthen Quality Competitiveness

Acting County Governor Lee Gwidong Visits Site to Encourage Farmers

Gokseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that Gokseong premium pears began full-scale exports overseas, including the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, starting with their first shipment from Busan Port on the 9th.

Designated as an export complex by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in 2000, Gokseong-gun Pear Farming Association Corporation (CEO Jeong Bok-gi) currently organizes 32 farms over 33 hectares and exports 100% of its production overseas. They have enhanced quality competitiveness through efficient sorting facility operations and joint sorting at safe and clean GAP-certified facilities.

[Photo by Gokseong-gun]

The county is promoting various export support projects to strengthen the competitiveness of premium export pears, including alternative support for export logistics costs, support for export agricultural product packaging materials, and support for export pear bags.

Additionally, they actively provide administrative support by collecting difficulties and opinions from local export companies, acquiring overseas certifications that meet export requirements by product, developing export packaging designs, and supporting the purchase of consumable materials for export.

In particular, this year, they are implementing the ‘Direct Payment Support Project for Specialized Agricultural and Fishery Export Items,’ which provides logistics cost support of 100 KRW per kilogram to export companies and farms, expecting to increase the income of pear-growing farms.

On the 8th, Acting County Governor Lee Gwi-dong personally visited the joint sorting center of the Gokseong-gun Pear Farming Association Corporation to inspect the site and encourage the farmers.

Acting Governor Lee said, “Despite the difficulties caused by climate change due to global warming, I thank the farmers who produced high-quality premium pears and put them on the export path. We will strengthen organic cooperation with farms to enhance the competitiveness of Gokseong premium pears.”

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik hss79@asiae.co.kr

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