Recruitment of Participating Companies for the '2023 Republic of Korea Sourcing Week'

by Choi Donghyeon

Published 07 Aug.2023 13:24(KST)

Lee Young, Minister of SMEs and Startups.

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups is recruiting over 1,500 small and venture companies to participate in Korea Sourcing Week 2023 for two weeks starting from the 8th.

Korea Sourcing Week is an event that helps small businesses expand their domestic and international sales channels. It simultaneously provides business consultation opportunities for both domestic sales and exports in one place. This will be the second event following last year. It is scheduled to be held for two days on September 21 and 22 at KINTEX Exhibition Hall 1, Hall 2A in Ilsan.

The main programs of the Sourcing Week event include ▲1:1 matching export consultations with overseas buyers both online and offline ▲1:1 matching purchasing consultations with domestic distributors and large corporations. Additionally, ▲exhibition of excellent products from small businesses ▲live commerce broadcast sales ▲awards for contributions to product sales channels and marketing ▲marketing-related seminars and other side events will be held simultaneously.

This year’s event plans to focus on strengthening the linkage with the Hwanggeumnyeok Donghaeng Festival in September and expanding the proportion of overseas buyers from new markets such as the Middle East to diversify exports, supporting small and venture companies in developing domestic and international sales channels.

Detailed information about the recruitment announcement can be found on the Ministry of SMEs and Startups website, the Sourcing Week website, and the Company Madang website.