South Korea's online wholesale market for agricultural and marine products exceeds 300 billion won in transaction volume... ”This year, it will reach 500 billion won”

South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on the 21st that the total trading volume in the online wholesale market for agricultural and marine products since the beginning of this year through the 15th of this month had exceeded 300 billion won (approximately 32.8 billion yen).
The cumulative transaction amount for this year reached 200 billion won on August 20th, and then surged to 300 billion won in just 50 days.
It is a nationwide online market that was launched on November 30th, 2019. Until now, it only handled agricultural products, but from May, the items on offer were expanded to include marine products.
The ministry expects trading volume in the online wholesale market to reach 500 billion won this year.
Vice Minister of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Park Beom-soo said, "To revitalize the online wholesale market,
The budget for this initiative will be increased from 62.4 billion won this year to 74.9 billion won next year. The government will also work to establish a stable trading foundation by pushing for the enactment of the Law on Promoting Online Wholesale Trade of Agricultural and Fishery Products by the end of the year.
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