Opening Meeting of Promoters by KOREA HALAL EXPORT ASSOCIATION

Many manufactor who produce food, cosmetic, daily supplies, etc. gather in one place in order to pioneer the way to export forward to Int'l Halal Market by themselves.

Korea Halal Export Association(KOHEA) was founded by more than 100 domestic manufactor including Samyang Foods Co., Ltd. , Daeducklab Co., Ltd. , CH Harmony Co., Ltd. , ECOZONE Co., Ltd. , etc. which produce food, cosmetic, daily supplies, etc. Their purpose is to create the detailed and actual result of export and to reduce all kinds of burden following to int'l market expansion through securing effective marketing system about Halal market. And they had meeting of promoters on Jan. 17, 2017 in COEX, Samsung.

Gun Jang, director of Korea Halal Industry Research Center, who is expert committee chairman of KOHEA in this event that over 200 experts of trading, certification, and research. He mentioned, “In the recent global decline of exports, Korea's exports are expected to worsen further by the dead-block of the Chinese market having accounted for 25% of Korea's exports and by visualization of the protectionist trade of the Trump Administration. For these reasons, in the chaos of global economy, pioneering Islamic market is not an option but a must." in the introduction of this event.

Furthermore, Dong-su Kim, as a chairman of Korea Islamic Halal Committee which is domestc representive Halal certification, mentioned about positive evaluation of KOHEA's foundation and active cooperation with KOHEA.

Preparatory Committee of KOHEA, director Byoung-yong Lim emphasized, "KOHEA will have a plan to solve shortage of market information by reducing export of Korea's companies related to Halal market, lack of market-specific marketing tools, etc. and we must urgently solve these problems through KOHEA's main business presentation." 

Early March, in order to solve these problems, KOHEA will start to Halal Market's promotional online advertising and finding buyers, export consultancy, market evaluation of customer trends and new products, research presentation related to Halal Market development strategy, Halal certification, export process with education, domestic and overseas exhibition participation of Korea's companies, inspection of domestic companies for overseas buyers.