Gyeonggi Province Establishes Agricultural Products Processing Center in Yongin

The Yongin APC (Agricultural Products Processing Center) established by Gyeonggi Province in Wonsam-myeon, Yongin City, has recently completed construction and entered trial operations for the month of October.

According to the provincial government on the 12th, the Yongin APC is a facility built on a 7,429㎡ site with a total floor area of 2,317㎡, constructed with a provincial investment of 3.9 billion won. It can store 332 tons of agricultural products and is capable of pre-processing up to 24 tons of agricultural products daily, including washing, portioning and packaging, and hulling.

The center is also equipped with quality inspection facilities, including residue pesticide testing for agricultural products, thereby enhancing the safety of distributed produce.

The Yongin APC will ship 90 percent of vegetables produced within Yongin City. For agricultural products not produced or insufficient in Yongin, the center plans to receive supplies from adjacent Anseong City and Gwangju City for processing.

By the end of this year, the Yongin APC will supply eco-friendly school meal agricultural and aquatic products to 14 schools in Yongin City, and plans to supply agricultural and fishery products to approximately 100 schools starting next year.

During the trial operations period, eight staff members will work at the Yongin APC, with approximately 20 regular employees expected from 2015 onwards. The province anticipates that approximately 80 jobs will be created when including delivery companies and delivery drivers.