What Support Programs Are You Looking For? ... Joint Briefing on Busan Export Companies Support Policies

Held Twice for Over 300 Employees of Exporting SMEs
Seven Export Support Institutions Share Policies and Provide Customized Q&A

What kind of support will Busan-based companies exporting this year receive?

Busan City (Mayor Park Hyung-jun) announced on the 23rd that it will hold a joint briefing session on the 2025 Busan City Export Support Policy in collaboration with the Busan Regional Small and Medium Venture Business Administration (Director Kang Ki-sung).

The briefing sessions will be held over two days on February 11 and 13 at the Sang-ui Hall of the Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the main auditorium of the Busan Regional Small and Medium Venture Business Administration, respectively.

The sessions will be conducted twice by region for representatives of small and medium-sized export companies in the Busan area. ▲The first Eastern Busan area briefing will be held on February 11 at 2 p.m. in the Sang-ui Hall on the 2nd floor of the Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and ▲the second Western Busan area briefing will be held on February 13 at 2 p.m. in the main auditorium of the Busan Regional Small and Medium Venture Business Administration, each accommodating around 150 people.

This briefing will involve a total of seven institutions related to export support in the Busan area, featuring ▲presentations on this year’s export support policies from each institution and ▲customized Q&A sessions for companies.

The policy-presenting institutions include Busan City and the Busan Regional Small and Medium Venture Business Administration, as well as the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA Busan Support Group), Busan Main Customs Office, Small and Medium Business Corporation (Busan Regional Headquarters), Korea International Trade Association (Busan Regional Headquarters), and Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (Busan Branch).

Busan City aims to establish its status as a trade hub city through proactive export crisis response this year. Plans include building and operating an export crisis management system, simultaneously driving export stability and growth through export market diversification, and enhancing trade response capabilities by expanding trade infrastructure and trade networks.

Additionally, the city will introduce changes such as significantly expanding the target export companies from small and medium enterprises with total export amounts under $20 million last year to those under $30 million, and increasing the number of support opportunities for trade delegations and exhibitions from two to three times.

In preparation for the Trump 2.0 era, Busan City will reveal various policies and support measures at the briefing session aimed at further enhancing the global competitiveness of Busan’s export companies.

Busan City also plans to listen to the practical difficulties faced by export companies during the briefing and actively review the related issues to utilize them in future policy formulation.

Applications for participation will be accepted online on a first-come, first-served basis through the city’s overseas marketing integrated system starting at 10 a.m. on the 23rd.

Kim Bong-cheol, Director of the Digital Economy Office of Busan City, said, “This briefing session will be an opportunity for Busan’s small and medium enterprises to seek strategies to enter the global market and share practical institution-specific support policies,” adding, “We hope companies actively participate to gather momentum for Busan’s economic development and export growth.”

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