Korean melons were exported to Vietnam for the first time. This achievement comes 17 years after export negotiations began in 2008.
The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency announced on the 17th that the Seongju Agricultural Cooperative in North Gyeongsang Province exported Korean melons to Vietnam for the first time. This export was the first since concluding quarantine requirement negotiations with Vietnam in April of last year.
The government has been conducting quarantine negotiations for the export of Korean melons to Vietnam since 2008. At that time, it requested the approval for the export of 10 categories of products to Vietnam, and by last year, negotiations were completed for 8 categories, including apples, pears, grapes, tomatoes, strawberries, persimmons, peppers, and melons (including sweet melons). Currently, quarantine negotiations for tangerines and peaches are underway.
Kim Jeong-hee, head of the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, noted, 'We will promote customized quarantine negotiations so that we can export various Korean agricultural products to multiple countries.'