Name: Jeongeup Agricultural Product Wholesale Market

Location: (063) 532-4001, fax 533-4245

email:market@ppp.kornet.net

Size: Area - 65,449 ㎡ (19,798 pyeong) / Buildings - 13,886 ㎡ (4,200 pyeong)

Market Opening Days: Every 3rd, 8th, 13th, 18th, 23rd, and 28th of the month.

Introduction: Jeongeup Agricultural Product Wholesale Market is a publicly operated wholesale market that plays a pivotal role in the distribution of farm products in the southwest of the Jeonbuk region. By expanding its territory from Jeongeup to nearby Gimje, Gochang, Buan, Sunchang and Jangseong-gun of Jeonnam, the markets priority is the establishment of a fair trading environment. When the 'producer' of the farm product in Jeongeup releases the product, the Wholesale Market Corporation is consigned for their sale. Through auctioning, products are sold to merchants, who are licensed to buy the agricultural and marine products from at the corporation's auction and sell to consumers. All 'buy and sell participants' (large scale consumers and retailer unions), as well as the corporation, receive a fixed rate of commission.

Auction Hour: 04:00 to 12:00 (depending on the season).

Tenants: Jeongeup Horticulture Co-Op (Representative: Choe Jinseok, 530-0700) / Jeongil Fruits Co., Ltd. (Representative: Hwang Gyeongsuk, 536-9905).

Merchants: Total of 108 (38 for fruit, 16 for vegetables, 54 for chilies).

Main Facilities

Fruit Building (Two floors): auctioning area for fruit, merchant's shops (38 shops), bank, restaurant, resting lounge, tenant corporate office, superintendent's office.

Vegetables (one floor): vegetable auctioning area, merchant's shops (16 shops)

Chili Building (one floor): chili auctioning area, merchant's shops (54 shops)

Parking Lot: 717 vehicles

Characteristics

Improvement of agricultural product distribution structures

Establishment of a fair trade system

Protection of producer and consumer interests

Playing a pivotal role in the farming product distribution of the southwestern Jeonbuk region

Shuttle bus information

First
From the Old City Council Building (06:50) → Samhwa Green Apartment → Old Market (Cheonbyeon) → Daerim Apartment → Jeongeup Girls' High School → Dong Elementary School → Jeongeup Horticulture Co-Op → Jandarimok → Arrival at the Wholesale Market (07:40).

Second
From the Wholesale Market (09:00) → Jandarimok → Jeongeup Horticulture Co-Op → Dong Elementary School → Jeongeup Girls' High School → Daerim Apartment → Old Market (Cheonbyeon) → Samhwa Green Apartment → Jandarimok → Arrival at the Wholesale Market (10:00).

Third
From the Wholesale Market (10:10) → Jandarimok → Jeongeup Horticulture Co-Op → Dong Elementary School → Jeongeup Girls' High School → Daerim Apartment → Old Market (Cheonbyeon) → Samhwa Green Apartment → Jandarimok → Arrival at the Wholesale Market (11:15).

Fourth
From the Wholesale Market (13:10) → Jandarimok → Jeongeup Horticulture Co-Op → Dong Elementary School → Jeongeup Girls' High School → Daerim Apartment → Old Market (Cheonbyeon) → Samhwa Green Apartment → Jandarimok → Arrival at the Wholesale Market (14:15).

Fifth
From the Wholesale Market (14:20) → Jandarimok → Jeongeup Horticulture Co-Op → Dong Elementary School → Jeongeup Girls' High School → Daerim Apartment → Old Market (Cheonbyeon) → Samhwa Green Apartment → Jandarimok → Arrival at the Wholesale Market (15:15).

Sixth
From the Wholesale Market (15:20) → Jandarimok → Jeongeup Horticulture Co-Op → Dong Elementary School → Jeongeup Girls' High School → Daerim Apartment → Old Market (Cheonbyeon) → Samhwa Green Apartment → Arrival at Old City Council Building (16:05)
※ To operate until 31st March, 2000. Adjustment of routes and flexible operation to be reviewed thereafter.