About KOTRA
Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency is established to contribute to the development of the national economy by performing work such as trade promotion, investment between domestic and foreign companies and support of industrial technology cooperation.
Main Roles:
Expanding medium and small-sized enterprises’ business in overseas markets
Supporting small-sized enterprises (SME) to extend their business abroad
Overseas market information production, spread and consulting
Attract foreign investment
Improving national brand, supporting international development cooperation, supporting munitions trade
Performing projects accepted by the government
MISSION
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- Expanding medium and small-sized enterprises’ business in overseas markets
- Supporting small-sized enterprises (SME) to extend their business abroad
- Overseas market information production, spread and consulting
- Attract foreign investment
- SME Global Business Training and attracting foreign professionals
- Improving national brand, supporting international development cooperation, supporting munitions trade
- Performing projects accepted by the government
VISION​
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To be a top-class trade and investment promotion organization, leading the way for SMEs to explore overseas market and for creating overseas job
CORE VALUES​
Global
Customer & On-site
Contribution & Responsibility
Innovation & Openness
KOTRA Services
Trade Support
B2B E-Market
buyKOREA(www.buyKOREA.org), operated and powered by KOTRA, is the global B2B power house which connects international buyers and Korean suppliers.
Exhibition
The mission of the Association of Korean Exhibition Industries is to undertake a wide variety of tasks to develop and foster policies that will ensure the exponential growth of the trade fair industry.
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Trade and Market Information
Business Matchmaking
Trade Missions
Exhibitions and Conventions
Cultural Media Business
Invest in Korea
Invest KOREA (IK) provides customized services to support the entry and establishment of foreign businesses in Korea.
Invest KOREA, composed of KOTRA employees, specialists and seconded officials from government ministries and agencies, is a Korean investment promotion organization established to support the entry and establishment of foreign businesses in Korea.
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Foreign Investment Promotion
Invest KOREA provides all foreign investment services. This includes promoting the national image, finding potential investors, reviewing, planning and executing investment, consulting and after management. We also deliver feedback from foreign-invested companies to policy officials to help improve the investment environment.
Information Providing Service
(http://www.investkorea.org) provides a wealth of detailed information on investment in Korea on top of its extensive on-line consulting service for interested investors.
Aftercare Service
The OFIO provides aftercare services to resolve a variety of grievances faced by foreign-invested companies doing business in Korea. The Ombudsman makes recommendations to the government and other organizations to improve the investment environment on behalf of investors, thereby helping resolve their grievances.
One-on-One Consultation
IK offers consultations on a wide variety of issues related to foreign investment, namely visa, tariff and tax, etc., for the convenience of foreign-invested companies.
Other Services
Jobs in Korea
The government organization representing the Republic of Korea that is exclusively charged with the attraction of global talented professionals.
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Art Collaboration
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of KOTRA, KOTRA has transformed its office lobby into an 'Open Gallery', an innovative and creative space that combines art with function, as of June 2012.
The gallery now serves as a showcase area for ‘Art Collaboration’ products of small and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs). KOTRA provides opportunities for SMEs and Korean artists to engage in collaborative work to differentiate various products.
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Defense Industry Trade
The Korea Defense Industry Trade Support Center(KODITS) was established by the Korean government in 2009 as a department of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency(KOTRA) to promote defense industry trade.
It consists of specialists from the private and public sectors.