The Garak-dong Agricultural Market is the oldest and largest wholesale market in Korea for marine and agricultural products which opened in June 19, 1985. It is located at the district of Songpa-gu, Seoul, Korea covering 543,451m² with a total of 278,785m² for buildings.Click here for the photo report
Garak market serves as the main distribution area in Korea with the transaction quantity of 10.4 billion KRW/day (7,500 tons/ day) or 8,506,670.94 USD/day with an estimation of 130,000 consumers visiting everyday.
The Garak market has also approximately 42,000 incoming and outgoing vehicles per day.
The Garak market as widely known, offers different sections of fruits, vegetables, garlics, marine and livestock products and dried products.
The Seoul Agricultural and Marine Products Corporation runs the Garak market and ensures that the distribution of agricultural and marine products is running smoothly.
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The Garak market attracts more tourists every year wherein evening is the best time time to visit. Between 6:00 pm- 9:00 would be the highlight of the auction for agricultural product and all throughout the evening, trucks filled with fresh products would start coming in together with the merchants.
Seoul Fruits and Vegetables, Hankook Fruits and Vegetables, Nonghyup, Seoul
Gunhae, Seobu Fruit and Gangseo Fruits are top distributors of the Garak market.Click here for the photo report
For more information:
Mr. Choi Kyung Sik
Korea Vegetables & Fruits Co., Ltd.
tel 0082-3435-1121
mob 0082-10-9982-1980
www.hkck.co.kr