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[Reporter Gu Ja-ryong, Korea Agricultural and Fishery Newspaper] Gyeongnam paprika, which has focused on exports to Japan, is seeking to diversify its export destinations by achieving the great feat of opening up the export market in the Philippines, a new southern country, in cooperation with the export integration organization Copa. On the 13th, the ‘2025 Paprika Philippines Export Shipment Commemoration Ceremony’ was held at the Gagopa Export Agricultural Cooperative Association sorting center in Jinjeon-myeon, Masanhappo-gu, Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, hosted by the agricultural corporation Copa Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as Copa). Kim Gwang-jin, Director of the Export Base Division of aT (Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation), Yang Jae-jun, Director of the Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters of aT, Lee Ji-hyun, Researcher at the Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration, Choi Il-soo, Director of the Changwon Office of the National Institute of Animal Quarantine, and Lee Jeong-gon, Director of the Gyeongnam Agricultural Policy Bureau

[Reporter Woo Jeong-su, Korea Agricultural and Fishery Newspaper] Grape production and distribution officials have formed a consensus on the need for thorough quality control, expressing concerns about overproduction of Shine Muscat this year as well. The Korea Grape Association and the Agricultural and Food New Distribution Research Institute recently announced that they held the ‘2025 First Grape Mandatory Self-Contribution Main Producing Region Council’ at Hotel Rosenia in Gimcheon. This Main Producing Region Council was prepared for the purpose of forecasting this year’s grape industry and linking with local government officials from main grape producing regions to coordinate supply and demand and promote consumption. Accordingly, this Main Producing Region Council was attended by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, distribution officials from main producing regions, heads of member agricultural cooperatives, and representatives of the Korea Rural Community Corporation.

The product reached 11 destinations, with South Korea being the main destination, followed by the United States and Colombia.