Guntur: A team of South Korea delegates visited Asia’s biggest chlli yard at Guntur on Friday and announced their plan to start import of chillies from Guntur chilli yard.
The team members invited chilli growers and traders to visit South Korea to see the trading system of their country. Chilli Yard chairman M. Subba Rao said chilli is exported to 15 countries from Guntur chilli yard and explained the varieties in red chillies to the Korean team.
He said that Guntur is the ideal place to start chili allied products industries and stated that their government is promoting exporters who handle red chilli exports.
Consul general of the Republic of South Korea for south India Kim Hyung Tae said that it was the first time he was seeing so many varieties in red chilli and stated that quality of Guntur chilli is very great and tasty. He congratulated Guntur chilli growers for cultivating international quality red chillies. He said that South Korea is ready to assist the farmers by providing agriculture technology including micro irrigation technology which can be used for cultivation with less water resources. Mr Tae invited Guntur chilli farmers and traders to visit South Korea to see the chilli business and trading system.
