Garak Market Fruit and Vegetable Market Vegetable Section Closed on the Evening of July 30... Reopens on August 2

August 1st Summer Holiday for Garak Market... Gangseo Market and Yanggok Market Closed on July 25th

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] The Seoul Agro-Fisheries & Food Corporation (President Kim Kyung-ho) will implement summer holidays for the agricultural and marine products wholesale markets.

Accordingly, the corporation is actively promoting the wholesale market summer holiday schedule to shippers and buyers to minimize volume congestion and confusion that may occur before and after the holidays.

In Garak Market's fruit and vegetable market, the vegetable category closed after the evening auction on July 30 and will reopen from the evening auction on August 2. The fruit category held auctions until the morning of July 31 and will resume auctions from the early morning of August 3.

In Garak Market's seafood market, the fresh fish and shellfish categories held auctions until the early morning of July 31 and will resume from the evening auction on August 2. The dried seafood category held auctions until the morning of July 28 and will resume from the early morning auction on August 3.

In Gangseo Market, the vegetable category closed after the evening auction on July 23 and will reopen from the evening auction on July 26.

The fruit category held auctions until the morning of July 24 and will resume from the early morning auction on July 27. The Gangseo Market wholesalers traded until 6 p.m. on July 24 and will resume trading from 6 p.m. on July 26.

Additionally, the grain wholesale market will be closed for one day on July 25.

Kim Won-pil, Head of Distribution at the corporation, stated, “We ask shippers in production areas to avoid shipping agricultural and marine products during the summer holidays as much as possible. If shipping during the holiday is absolutely necessary, please contact the wholesale market corporation in advance to utilize methods such as fixed-price negotiated sales.”