KOTRA Strengthens Expertise in 'Export Voucher Project'

Jungjingong and 28th 'First Half Consultation Meeting' Held
Participation of Over 2,200 Companies and Over 7,900 Services

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) held the "2024 First Half Export Voucher Project General Implementing Agencies Council" on the 28th at the Lotte Hotel in Seoul.

At the '2024 First Half Export Voucher Project General Performing Agency Council' held at Lotte Hotel Seoul, key attendees are taking a group commemorative photo. (From left) Hye-won Kim, Director of Korea Institute of Design Promotion; In-gyu Kim, Head of Korea Patent Technology Promotion Agency; Hyun-gyun Kim, Head of Korea Standards Association; Il-ho Kim, Director of Small and Medium Business Corporation; Chun-woo Jeon, Vice President of KOTRA; Soo-yong Jeon, Head of Korea Construction Living Environment Test & Research Institute; Taek-gyu Lim, Director of Korea International Logistics Association. Photo by KOTRA

The event was organized together with the Small and Medium Business Corporation. Five institutions participated as general implementing agencies for the Export Voucher Project: the Korea Standards Association, Korea Conformity Laboratories, Korea Institute of Patent and Technology Promotion, Korea Institute of Design Promotion, and Korea International Freight Forwarders Association.

The council mainly discussed the newly revised system for selecting implementing agencies (service providers) and measures to manage misconduct by implementing agencies. They also shared the achievements of the Export Voucher Project in the first half of this year and best practices of implementing agencies, and exchanged opinions on collaboration methods among institutions to expand outcomes.

The general implementing agencies for the Export Voucher Project were introduced to enhance the expertise of the project and prevent fraudulent receipt of government subsidies. Currently, specialized institutions in five fields?consulting, overseas certification, patents, intellectual property rights, design, and international transportation?are operating as general implementing agencies. These agencies improve the system of the Export Voucher Project and manage the quality of services provided by implementing agencies. This year, over 2,200 companies are participating as implementing agencies, providing more than 7,900 services to participating companies. KOTRA and the Small and Medium Business Corporation continuously recruit implementing agencies for the Export Voucher Project. New implementing agencies are selected every two months (in odd-numbered months).

Jeon Chun-woo, Vice President of KOTRA and Head of the Small and Medium Enterprise Division, said, "As interest in the export voucher among our small and medium enterprises continues to grow day by day, we plan to strengthen the expertise of the project in cooperation with the general implementing agencies to create a more helpful Export Voucher Project."