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Gangseo Agricultural Produce Wholesale Market was in a situation where agricultural product commercialization work had to be carried out separately from outside due to lack of internal work space. In a survey of market distributors conducted in May 2023, 63.8% expressed their intention to use additional storage facilities.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Agricultural, Fisheries and Food Corporation announced on the 27th that they will build a 'commercialization facility' at the Gangseo Agricultural Products Wholesale Market that can handle everything from storage to distribution and packaging of agricultural products in one place.
According to the city, the Gangseo Agricultural Produce Market had to do commercialization work separately from outside due to a lack of internal work space.
In a survey of market distributors conducted in May 2023, 63.8% responded that they would use additional storage facilities.
Accordingly, the city plans to secure commercialization facilities to increase distribution convenience and efficiency. Detailed design will begin in October of this year and the project will be promoted with the goal of completion in July 2028.
As for the budget, a total of 7 billion won will be invested by adding 2.8 billion won in municipal expenses and 2.1 billion won in construction fees to the 2.1 billion won in government funds secured through the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs' 'Public Wholesale Market Commercialization Function Expansion Support Project' last July.
The facility will be built with a total floor area of 2,255 m2 and three floors above ground. There will be a space for temporary storage and shipment of agricultural products, a low-temperature warehouse, and a work space for distribution and repackaging.
The city expects that by operating a commercialization facility, new transactions responding to the demand from single-person households and meal kit companies will increase by approximately 15,242 tons within five years, and that added value of 27.4 billion won will be created annually by increasing the marketability of agricultural products.
Park Gyeong-hwan, director of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Public Livelihood and Labor Bureau, said, "By building the facility, we will resolve the lack of storage and work space that distributors have been experiencing and lay the foundation for supplying agricultural products in line with changing consumer demand. We will strengthen the distribution function of Gangseo Market to increase the added value of agricultural products through innovation in distribution and logistics."
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Agricultural trade volume is expected to increase by 15,242 tons within 5 years after completion of commercialization facility.
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Annual added value of 27.4 billion won will be created through commercialization facility operation.
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