Paprika is cultured in Changnyeong and Changwon.
In 1997, the amount of export of paprika was only 191 thousand dollars. So Some technicians were invited from Holland to develop technology in growing paprika in the same year.
As a result of getting popular in Japan. Thank to this, export of paprika rose to 17.036 million dollars worth, recording 18.4% increase comparing with the year 2001.