Tae-ho Jeong, “91% of this year’s supply chain fund goes to large corporations… the support system needs to be improved.”
Quick Look
The scale of support from the Supply Chain Stabilization Fund has increased every year, but the proportion of support for small and medium-sized enterprises decreased from 3.6% in 2024 to 1.9% in 2025 and 1.3% from January to September of this year, while the proportion of support for large enterprises increased from 87.9% in 2024 to 85.5% in 2025 and 90.9% in September this year, raising criticisms of bias.
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Why It Matters
The Supply Chain Stabilization Fund is a policy finance fund that provides support to domestic companies to respond to global supply chain crises, and the amount of support is increasing every year.
The fund size increases every year... The proportion of support for small and medium-sized businesses decreased to 1.3%.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jaeha Park = It has been pointed out that the 'Supply Chain Stabilization Fund', which provides support to domestic companies to respond to global supply chain crises, is being concentrated on large corporations and needs to be readjusted.
According to data submitted by the Ministry of Finance and Economy on the 14th by Rep. Jeong Tae-ho of the Democratic Party of Korea, a member of the National Assembly's Finance and Economic Planning Committee, the total support scale of the Supply Chain Stabilization Fund increased every year to 2.1119 trillion won in 2024, 7.1329 trillion won in 2025, and 8.1121 trillion won as of September this year.
Among these, the proportion of support for small and medium-sized businesses decreased from 3.6% in 2024 to 1.9% in 2025 and 1.3% from January to September of this year.
On the other hand, the proportion of support for large companies increased to 87.9% in 2024, 85.5% in 2025, and 90.9% in September 2026.
In particular, out of the total support amount of KRW 8.1121 trillion as of September this year, the amount of support for large companies reached KRW 7.3738 trillion.
Regarding this support structure centered on large corporations, it was pointed out in the National Assembly review report that 'there is a need to review the appropriateness'.
Last November, the National Assembly's Planning and Finance Committee's review report on the National Guarantee Agreement for Supply Chain Stabilization Fund Bonds pointed out, "There are concerns that excessive expansion of the supply of policy funds to large companies with relatively smooth supply of private funds may lead to a decrease in private capital input to the industry," and that "the government needs to be cautious in significantly expanding policy finance."
Accordingly, Rep. Jeong Tae-ho said, "As the scale of fund support expands, we need to closely examine the policy effects, such as mitigating actual supply chain risks and expanding the domestic production base," and added, "We need to check that the proportion of support for small and medium-sized businesses is decreasing every year, and supplement the support system to increase the supply chain response capabilities of small and medium-sized businesses."
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The government will consider supplementing the supply chain stabilization fund support system to increase the proportion of support for small and medium-sized businesses.
Likely · Within months
Open Questions
- What factors specifically caused the decrease in the proportion of support for small and medium-sized businesses?
- Whether increased support for large corporations actually contributed to stabilizing the supply chain
- What is the specific policy direction to supplement the support system?
