Gochang County to Build Kimchi Ingredient Supply Complex with 32 Billion Won in Funding

Brining, storage and processing facilities on a 50,000-square-meter site in Daesan-myeon
Expected to stabilize agricultural supply and demand and expand market access for farmers

Gochang County is moving to build infrastructure for producing, processing, storing and distributing kimchi ingredients year-round. On November 3, the county held a final briefing on the basic and detailed design services for the project, attended by County Governor Shim Deokseop, county council members, department heads and kimchi industry experts, among others.

Gochang County held a final report meeting on the basic and detailed design services for the project to establish a year-round kimchi ingredient supply complex on the 2nd floor of the county office building on the 3rd. The meeting was attended by 14 people, including County Governor Shim Deok-seop, department heads, county council members, and experts in the kimchi industry. Photo provided by Gochang County Office.

The project centers on building an integrated facility on a 50,274-square-meter site in Sanjeong-ri, Daesan-myeon, where kimchi ingredients can be reliably produced, processed, stored and distributed. It is scheduled to run through 2027, with a total budget of 32 billion won. Key facilities include production facilities for brined cabbage and washed radishes, cold-storage facilities, a wastewater treatment facility and a brine recycling facility. Space for a separate expansion has been set aside so that eight additional cold-storage warehouses, each measuring 165.2 square meters (about 50 pyeong), can be built if additional funding is secured.

The project is significant because it goes beyond simply increasing agricultural storage capacity and connects locally produced agricultural products to processing and distribution. In particular, reducing the supply gap between harvest times and the periods when kimchi manufacturers need ingredients could increase the use of agricultural products and boost the added value of local agriculture.

Shim Deokseop, Governor of Gochang County, said, "The year-round kimchi ingredient supply complex is a foundational project that will strengthen the competitiveness of local agriculture and the kimchi industry by reliably storing, processing and distributing kimchi ingredients produced in Gochang. We will complete the facility so that it can be put to practical use by farmers and the kimchi industry."

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