Chungcheongnam-do

▲ The City of Dangjin and the agricultural company Misome agreed to form a partnership to activate overseas exports of agricultural goods.

A total of 6 tons of Dangjin Rice produced by Misomi, an agricultural corporation located in Godae-myeon, Dangjin-si, was exported to Arab Emirates on May 16 to increase the momentum for targeting the global market.

This export has great significance since it has only been 2 weeks since Dangjin City, export company Clean & Green (CEO Ohta Yoshitoki), and Misomi (CEO Lee Tae-ho) agreed on a partnership for activating the export of local agricultural goods including Dangjin Rice on the 28th of last month.

The city and the relevant companies are planning to expand strategically the export of excellent agricultural processed goods in Dangjin and study the consumption markets in Singapore, Japan, and Southeast Asian countries to expand the export countries steadily.

Even though the exact export volume is not yet confirmed, baked ginseng is preparing for export in June.

The baked ginseng already pioneered the export market in February to China; thus, if this export is confirmed, it is expected to play the role of a steppingstone enabling the excellent agricultural specialties of Dangjin to advance into the overseas market.

"The domestic market is suffering from great difficulties in the sales channel due to the excessive production of rice and lack of consumption. We will focus active marketing on the overseas market to promote the export of rice to create more income for the farms", said Woo Hee-sang, head of the agricultural policy division in Dangjin.

Meanwhile, the Dangjin Rice exported to Arab Emirates is planned to be sold for use in sushi and for meals.