[E-News Today Reporter Song Deok-man] Gwangju Techno Park (Director Bae Jeong-chan) invited 19 countries' heads of overseas business centers and overseas buyers to sign export consultations and export agreements at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center on the 26th.

In the first half of 2017, the export consultation meeting invited the heads of overseas business centers in 19 countries, including the United States, Australia, and India, and overseas buyers were invited to hold export consultations with more than 50 local SMEs.

In addition, overseas buyers in the United States, China, Turkey, India, and Spain discovered through the Gwangju TP Overseas Business Center were invited to sign an export business agreement with local SMEs.

On this day, the export agreement signed four optical communication and LED exports (Inosem Korea LED products export to New Zealand, Spain, and Vietnam, LED distributors export to Korea Otron optical communication parts Turkish optical cable suppliers), three exports to medical devices (export to Nanum Tech Cardiac Defibrillator India, HDT Portable X-ray Romanian medical device distributors) and two auto parts.

Subsequently, agreements were made on the export of small and medium-sized products such as (exporting to Chinese retailers of Shinseong Tech Hydraulic Control Devices, exporting to DNT Automobile Mold U.S. parts makers), four electronics sectors (exporting to Qusis Smart Window and Film New Zealand, export to China of anti-warning Steck air purifiers, export to Isol Tech Modulehouse Australia, export to Geumgang Life Sciences Electricity and Hot Water Mat Australia), and two in the food sector.

In particular, small and medium-sized enterprises in Gwangju are expected to boost exports to various countries in the future by discovering local buyers in Ghana, Spain, New Zealand, Turkey, and Romania, which have been relatively underprivileged.

In addition, among the seven local companies with growth potential and potential in Gwangju Metropolitan City, Nanum Tech, Korea Otron, Kucis, Inosem Korea, Daekyung Tech, Daekyung AT, and Shinseong Tech also participated in the export agreement.

In addition, the Korea Trade Association has established an export cooperation network that can create synergies in export support with export-related organizations in the region such as Gwangju Jeonnam KOTRA Support Group, Gwangju Regional Headquarters of Small and Medium Business Corporation, and Gwangju Jeonnam Branch of the Korea International Trade Association, and has formed and operated an export difficulty solution support team to achieve practical support results.

"We plan to focus the capabilities of export-related agencies in the region so that this export consultation meeting and export MOU can lead to actual contracts and exports," said Bae Jeong-chan, head of Gwangju Techno Park. "We plan to promote differentiated exports by expanding overseas marketing support through internship programs using foreign students in the region.".

Meanwhile, the Gwangju Techno Park Overseas Business Center is currently designated as 28 regions in 23 countries with high demand for overseas exports from local companies such as the United States, China, Vietnam, and Peru.