For facility upgrades of strawberry productions, the ministry allocated 662 billion KRW (ca. 602 million USD). 95.5 billion KRW (ca. 86.8 million USD) is forseen for R&D of new high-quality strawberry species. Besides, 71.9 billion KRW (ca. 65.3 million USD) is assigned for distribution and export support, such as global market research, marketing, and setting up local strawberry clusters. Out of 838 billion KRW, 348 billion KRW are an outright grant and 242.2 billion KRW take the form of loans to Korean producers.