From Processing to Exports, All in One Place... Mokpo Expands Seafood Sales Channels

117.9 Billion Won Invested in Mokpo Daeyang General Industrial Complex
International Dried Gim Exchange Preparing for Trial Operation in February 2027

The country's first seafood export complex, which handles everything from seafood processing to storage, distribution, research and development, and export support in one location, has opened in Mokpo. The International Dried Gim Exchange within the complex is preparing for a trial operation scheduled for February 2027.

Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City held a completion ceremony for the Mokpo Seafood Export Complex on the 30th at the Mokpo Daeyang General Industrial Complex.

Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City Mayor Min Hyung-bae joins guests in a celebratory performance at the completion ceremony for the Mokpo Seafood Export Complex, held on the 30th on Daeyang Industrial Complex Road in Mokpo. Photo provided by Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City.

About 300 people attended the ceremony, including Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City Mayor Min Hyungbae, the Director General of the Fisheries Policy Office at the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, the Mokpo mayor, the chair of the Mokpo City Council, members of the Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City Council, and seafood industry representatives.

A total of 117.9 billion won was invested in the export complex project from 2020 to 2026, including 77 billion won in national funds, 16.5 billion won from the Gwangju Special City budget, and 24.4 billion won from the Mokpo City budget.

The site covers 28,133 square meters, with a total floor area of 46,612 square meters. The complex includes 36 rental processing plant units and 10 frozen and refrigerated warehouse units, as well as export support facilities and the International Dried Gim Exchange.

The International Dried Gim Exchange focuses on setting prices according to quality and increasing transparency in the trading process. Gwangju Special City expects the exchange to build trust between producers and buyers and strengthen the export competitiveness of K-Gim (GIM).

The city also plans to attract the National Institute for Gim Industry Promotion and have the area designated as a Gim Industry Promotion Zone. Its plan is to support the commercialization of research and development results and expand overseas sales channels, connecting these efforts to stable sales and higher incomes for fishers and developing the southwestern region into a global hub for the gim industry.

Mayor Min Hyungbae said, "The export complex will serve as a foundation for increasing the added value of seafood and boosting both companies' competitiveness and fishers' incomes."

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