Open up an overseas market with FTA!
Createdd 2006-09-18 Hit 6336
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– Gyeonggi’s Best Products Exhibition was held in Indonesia during Sep. 06 ~08.
– 700 buying agents from 7 countries of AEAN were met.
Gyeonggi province, from Sep. 06 to 08, is to open Gyeonggi’s Best Products Exhibition in Jakarta, Indonesia to find a way out for the local companies to the new export market.
For the success of this event, the vice-governor of Gyeonggi Administration department 1, Jung, Changseob, participated as a leader in this exhibition which is to be solely hosted by Gyeonggi province. Personal participation of the vice-governor in this exhibition well reflects the strong will of local province to revive local export companies and local economy.
Thru this exhibition, 68 entrepreneurs of 48 local companies will be able to meet with 700 buying agents from 7 countries in Southeast Asia such as Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and etc.
Also, with many Chinese-Korean businessmen who frequently visit Korea, showing high interest in this exhibition, the province anticipates to have approximately 2,000 buying agents and businessmen to come for the exhibition.
There is a great potential in Indonesia who is the pivot of ASEAN, especially when the FTA between Korea and ASEAN has been made in April.
A very high expectation has been set on this Gyeoggi’s Best Products Exhibition since this will be the very first chance provided to Korea to take a better position in the export business to the countries of ASEAN.
FTA Agreement between Korea-ASEAN (Apr. 2006, Phnom Penh) – Continuously requested to enter the FTA by ASEAN from 1997 – Signed Framework Agreement for FTA in Dec. 2005 – Signed FTA in Apr. 2006 (11th Negotiation: Phnom Penh) |
Enjoying high interests of the local people in Indonesia, there will be a Minister of Trade, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and many other government officials making their presence in the opening ceremony of the exhibition on Sep. 06. Also, the most prestigious newspaper in Indonesia, Kompas will be taking this event as major news of a day.
This event takes a great role for all the small and medium enterprises in Korea to find a new and broad way for export to every country in Southeast Asia.
High interests towards Korean products are also seen in local’s great interest in the Korean TV serial dramas and movies such as Daejangkeum, Full House, and etc. Also, the cell phones, auto mobiles, and many other IT products branded by Korean impress the locals