Garak Market: physical wholesale market in Seoul, Songpa
Garak Market in Seoul's Songpa district is a public wholesale market for agricultural and seafood products.
AGR-059 · Physical wholesale market · Seoul, Songpa, South Korea · KRW
Seoul public wholesale agricultural and seafood market
Garak Market in Seoul's Songpa district is a public wholesale market for agricultural and seafood products. Opened in 1985, it is an important metropolitan food distribution centre. Its operator, Seoul Agro-Fisheries & Food Corporation, also manages other facilities, so the institution's name alone is insufficient to attribute all its statistics to Garak.
The official profile provides site area and annual throughput exceeding 2.3 million tonnes without clearly identifying a base year. That wording is retained instead of constructing an exact current-year result. The distribution-information portal supports examination of data by market, product and date. Check grade and unit because a commodity name can encompass several qualities and packs. A wholesale observation is not automatically a Garak Mall retail price or an offer delivered to the customer's premises. Keep the relevant market selection with any downloaded data.
A buyer should identify the appropriate trading business and participation route rather than treating entry to the complex as access to every auction. An order needs origin, variety, size, condition and net weight. Leafy vegetables and soft fruit require attention to the time between intake and onward sale; seafood requires its own refrigeration and storage conditions. Confirm the schedule for the particular product group and the collection location because a large complex can have several operating timetables. Agree who inspects the goods and records any difference from the specification before the vehicle leaves.
A seller should agree intake, presentation of the lot, commissions, payment timing and quality-dispute procedures. Before an import shipment, check the receiving customer's and relevant authorities' requirements for the commodity; the presence of a similar item in a report does not itself establish admissibility. Comparing offers requires accepted weight and net proceeds after transport and service costs. Retain original Korean names alongside translations to reduce the risk of confusing varieties or grades. Garak can then serve both as a route to commercial partners and as a source of market information, with each observation kept within its proper scope. Regular reconciliation of the quoted specification, received quantity and final settlement helps assess the reliability of the chosen trading relationship.
What is priced: Fruit, Vegetables and potatoes, Fish and seafood
Where to find the prices
Products and quotations
Fruit; Vegetables; Fish and seafood
Key figures
- Site area: 543,451 m² (Base year undisclosed; checked 27 Oct 2026). Market footprint in operator profile.
- Annual volume — over: 2,300,000 t (Base year undisclosed; checked 27 Oct 2026). Profile lower bound; no stated base year.
Sources
- SAFF — Garak profile
- SAFF — trading information
All agricultural exchanges, markets and price sources
