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Fukushima: China’s seafood imports from Japan down 67% in August

 China’s imports of seafood from Japan slumped last month as Tokyo started
to release treated waste water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power
plant. Imports of Japanese seafood fell 67.6% in August from the same month
last year, China’s customs authority said.

Japan’s ministry of agriculture
and fisheries says China was the world’s top importer of the country’s
seafood. Last year, Asia’s largest economy imported 84.4 billion yen
($571m; £461m) of seafood from its neighbour. The sharp fall came as Japan
prepared to start releasing the waste water and in the aftermath of the
release.

 BBC 20th Sept 2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66862576

September 22, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, China