Seoul 15/10/2013 ( EFE ) . - Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism of Spain, José Manuel Soria , opened today in Seoul a new business center to help Spanish companies to open gap in the Korean market sur.
Soria, who arrived in Seoul for a two-day visit , Efe said the "importance" of Spanish companies to " grow their operations in South Korea " , Asia's fourth largest economy and a global power in all different areas, such as technology , automotive and shipbuilding.
The new center, which has several offices available , "will serve for companies of Spain , especially those that already do business in South Korea , can be represented in this market ," he said , for his part, Antonio Garcia Rebollar , counselor Commercial Office of Spain in South Korea .
" I wish we had a waiting list of about a year ," Garcia Rebollar , secure the success of the new business center in which he reported, have already installed two companies: Global Business consultancy and Abeinsa Opera , the group Abengoa.
" Here I provide useful contacts for potential customers to do business with South Koreans ," said Almudena Vidal , Global Business representative in Seoul Opera .
The presence of Spanish companies in the South Korean market is now led by the automotive component sector , but also have representation - as BBVA banks , fashion companies like Zara and Mango , energy companies , pharmacies and others, according to the director.
The Commercial Office of the Embassy of Spain in Seoul , which employs 12 people , its mission , and help Spanish companies doing business in South Korea and promoting investment of Korean firms in Spain .
South Korea was in 2012 the largest Asian investor in Spain with more than 300 million euros , according to the Ministry of Industry , Energy and Tourism Spanish .
