Jeju courier additional delivery fee support budget 94% exhausted... “Hurry up and apply”

The number of applications nearly doubled last year to 1.46 million... Application deadline on the day the budget is exhausted

(Jeju = Yonhap News) Reporter Byun Ji-cheol = 94% of this year's budget of 5 billion won, which supports additional delivery costs for Jeju residents, has been used up, so application reception is expected to close soon.

Jeju Island announced on the 19th that 4.7 billion won of this year's additional delivery cost support budget of about 5 billion won has been applied for, and residents who have not yet received support should apply quickly.

Applications close simultaneously online and at town/myeon/dong community centers at 6 p.m. on the day the budget is exhausted.

The province plans to announce the closure of applications on the Jeju Island website (www.jeju.go.kr/delivery) on the day the budget is exhausted.

The target for support is parcel delivery bills between Jeju and other regions used this year in the name of the resident. It is not possible to apply for a waybill containing the company name, etc.

Living logistics service delivery service providers, excluding post offices and Coupang, are eligible for support, and the companies can be checked on the Jeju Island website or in brochures provided in towns, villages, and dongs.

This year's project budget increased from the original 4 billion won to about 5 billion won by adding 900 million won in the second supplementary budget and 120 million won in additional grants from the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries. This is about 1.4 billion won more than last year’s budget of 3.6 billion won.

However, as of September this year, the number of subsidy payments was 1.46 million, nearly double the 780,000 cases in the same period last year, and budget exhaustion is imminent.

Starting this year, Jeju Island simplified the application documents to one waybill and changed the subsidy from the actual additional shipping cost per waybill to a flat rate of 3,000 won.

In addition, the per-person support limit was lowered from 400,000 won to 200,000 won, allowing more residents to receive benefits.