Late light over an Adriatic coastline, with olive branches and stone terraces in the foreground.

Adriatic 43.3°NSeoul 37.6°N

Croatian food and drink, chosen for buyers in South Korea.

We decide which products can travel, prepare the paperwork, and introduce them to buyers in Korea. This website is not a shop.

  • Selected makers
  • Checked for Korea
  • Not a shop
For producersFor Korean buyers

What is Korea 43°

We do not simply move products. We build markets for them.

A producer makes the product. Korea 43 checks whether it can travel: quality, origin, paperwork, packaging, supply, and whether a buyer in Korea would want it. If it fits, we help prepare the file and start the commercial conversation. This website does not take orders, show prices, or open a cart.

Buyers in South Korea get a short list of products that have already been chosen and documented. They talk to one European contact. They do not browse a catalogue of everything the Mediterranean exports.

01

Selected products

Fewer products with a clear origin and a story that can travel to Korea.

02

Fit checked for Korea

We ask whether the product belongs in the market—not whether Croatia has another exporter.

03

Prepared step by step

Certificates, labels, logistics, and launch details, gathered before a buyer is asked to decide.

Why 43°

43°

Different latitudes. Same curiosity.

43 is the Adriatic latitude—about 43.3°N—where much of this food comes from. Seoul sits at 37.6°N. Different latitudes on purpose; the same curiosity for distinctive products, craft, and stories worth discovering.

The Adriatic coast in warm evening light.
43.3°N · Adriatic

The origin

Sea, stone, olive groves, and small-batch makers.

A traditional Korean roof in the foreground and a lit tower behind it at dusk.
37.6°N · Seoul

The market

Importers, retailers, and hospitality buyers who look beyond the usual list.

Not the same parallel — the contrast is the point. Seoul sits 5.7° further south than the Adriatic reference.

How it works

Six steps from producer to the Korean market.

Each product moves at its own pace. Some steps are quick; others wait on new labels, certificates, or packaging.

  1. 01

    Discover

    Find Croatian and Mediterranean makers with a distinctive product and a story worth telling.

  2. 02

    Review & select

    Check quality, origin, supply, documents, and whether Korean buyers would want it.

  3. 03

    Prepare to import

    Gather certificates, allergens, labels, packaging, and shipping data for Korea.

  4. 04

    Position & build

    Shape how the product is described and introduced in the Korean market.

  5. 05

    Distribute

    Connect with importers, retailers, and selected hotels, restaurants, and cafés.

  6. 06

    Grow

    Add volume and categories where sales prove out.

Product universe

Categories, not a catalogue.

These are the kinds of products we pursue—olive oil, salt, cheese, truffles, honey, wine, spirits, and more. Each one is chosen individually for quality, origin, and fit with Korea.

Olive oil poured from a glass cruet into a small bowl, with olives on a wooden board. Illustrative.

Olive oil

01

Extra virgin oils with a clear grove, harvest and maker.

A wooden rake holding coarse sea salt beside shallow coastal salt pans. Illustrative.

Sea salt

02

Hand-harvested Adriatic salt and fleur de sel.

A cut wheel of aged cheese on stone, with figs and rosemary. Illustrative.

Cheese

03

Selected cheeses with workable shelf life and cold chain.

Dark truffles on linen with a brass slicer. Illustrative.

Truffles & delicacies

04

Story-rich, high-value products for premium retail and gifting.

A jar of pale honey with a wooden dipper and dried lavender. Illustrative.

Honey & artisan foods

05

Lavender honey and other Mediterranean specialities.

A wine bottle and glass on a stone wall above coastal vineyards at sunset. Illustrative.

Wine

06

Selected wineries with volumes that suit the Korean market.

A bottle of amber spirit, a cut-glass glass, and cherries on a wooden table. Illustrative.

Spirits

07

Premium spirits where compliance and route to market make sense.

Later, when rules allow

Cured meats and other delicacies join only when regulation, cold chain and commercial terms are workable.

Category imagery is illustrative. It does not show specific producers or products for sale.

For Croatian producers

Could your product travel to Korea?

If you make food or drink in Croatia or the wider Mediterranean, read what we look for, then answer a short set of questions. We review fit before anyone in Korea sees your name.

What we look for

  • A real origin and a story that belongs to the product.
  • Consistent quality and professional packaging.
  • An export price that can work after import and retail in Korea.
  • Enough production to keep supplying.
  • Technical documents, certificates and allergen information.
  • Carton, pallet and shipping data.
  • Willingness to adapt a label or description when Korean rules require it.
An olive grower holding freshly picked olives in a grove. Illustrative photograph, not a named producer.

How to apply

  1. 01Download the presentation and the questionnaire.
  2. 02Complete the questionnaire offline.
  3. 03Email it to export@korea-43.com.
  4. 04We review fit, documents, and logistics, then write to selected makers about samples and next steps.
PDF

Project presentation

What Korea 43 is, how selection works and what happens next.

Download presentation

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Complete offline

Producer questionnaire

Company, capacity, top products, documents, logistics and samples.

Download questionnaire

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Send the completed questionnaire to

export@korea-43.com
A quiet table set with bread, figs, olive oil and a glass of wine, beside a paper screen.

For Korean buyers

A short list for Korea—not a catalogue.

Importers, retailers, distributors, and hotels, restaurants, and cafés get products that are already chosen and documented. Tell us what you want to carry, or write to sales with a specific question.

  • A short list chosen for quality, origin, and fit—not a catalogue of everything Croatia makes.
  • Story, labels, and shipping details gathered before you commit time.
  • One European contact for listings, distribution, or partnership questions.
For Korean buyerssales@korea-43.com
Seoul across the Han River in early light, with mountains behind the skyline.

Vision

Online first. A place in Seoul when the products have earned it.

We start online. A physical place in Seoul comes only after products prove they sell.

Contact

Let's start a conversation.

Producers use export@. Buyers and sales questions use sales@. Shipping and compliance use import@. Pick the inbox that matches your role.

Send a short note

Producer notes go to export@. Buyer notes go to sales@. This opens your email app with the note filled in. Nothing is stored on the site.