Forest Service Focuses on Stabilizing Forest Product Prices Ahead of Chuseok... Special Task Force Activated

[Financial News] Ahead of the Chuseok holiday, KFS has launched efforts to stabilize the supply of major forest products and manage prices of holiday-season staple goods.
KFS said on the 22nd that it is operating a special task force through the 23rd to ensure the smooth supply and price stability of major forest products, including chestnuts and jujubes, which are in high demand during Chuseok. The task force is monitoring the supply and demand of these products in real time to proactively respond to price volatility.
KFS Chief Park Eun-sik personally visited Daejeon’s Jungni Traditional Market that day to check supply, demand and price trends for major domestically produced forest products, including chestnuts, jujubes, shiitake mushrooms and dried persimmons, as well as agricultural products such as apples and pears. Park engaged with market vendors and helped promote consumption of domestic forest products by purchasing ancestral-rite goods himself.
The ancestral-rite goods and donated items purchased at the market that day were delivered to Pyeonggang-ui Jip, a social welfare facility in Daejeon.
Park said, "We will do our best to promote consumption of forest products and stabilize prices during the Chuseok holiday," adding, "I hope a culture of sharing will spread widely so that everyone can enjoy a warm holiday without anyone being left out."
Meanwhile, production volumes of major forest products have been highly variable due to recent abnormal weather, including summer heat waves and heavy rains. Alongside its supply and demand inspections, KFS is also pursuing measures to prevent disasters affecting forest products and support forest-product farming households that have suffered damage.

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