The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, or KOTRA, said it earned the top grade for the fifth consecutive year in the government’s 2025 public-agency shared-growth evaluation, citing its cooperation with small businesses and regional economic players.
KOTRA said the results, announced on the 27th, gave it an “excellent” rating every year since 2021. It said it posted its highest score to date and ranked No. 1 among entrusted-execution quasi-government agencies.
The evaluation, aligned with the government’s “growth for all” policy direction, assessed public agencies’ cooperation with small and midsize enterprises and their contributions to regional economies.
KOTRA said it received strong marks across areas including market development, technology and ESG support, and building cooperation networks between large companies and smaller firms. It highlighted expanded use of a shared-payment system and a delivery-price linkage system, wider adoption of performance-sharing programs, and export-channel support for companies in areas facing population decline. KOTRA said the evaluation recognized these efforts as a structural cooperation model that helps small businesses, regional firms and social-economy enterprises grow together.
KOTRA said it also won the shared-growth category at the “2026 National Industry Awards” and received a “SME Policy Innovation Award” this month.
KOTRA President Kang Kyung-sung said the five straight top ratings and related awards reflect the agency’s work with social-economy enterprises and regional companies. He said KOTRA will continue to support balanced regional development and build a sustainable economic ecosystem as a global export-support platform.
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