“Is Japan exporting scallops to South Korea?”…South Korean government: “It’s just a Japanese plan.”

Japan's announcement that it would ``export scallops, which are currently blocked from being exported to China, to South Korea and other countries'' was dismissed by the South Korean government as ``just a plan on the Japanese side.''
On the 26th, Park Koo-young, first deputy director of the South Korean State Affairs Coordination Office, said at a press conference regarding radioactively treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant held at the government building in Seoul, ``The government has confirmed that the 8 prefectures surrounding Fukushima in
The import of all seafood products is prohibited." He continued, ``Even in other regions, radioactivity tests are conducted every time seafood products, including scallops, are imported, and even trace amounts of radioactivity are detected.
If it is submitted, we will further require a nuclide certificate, effectively prohibiting import." Deputy Director Park said, ``Japan is saying, ``We will expand our scallop production to South Korea and the EU instead of China.''
"This is nothing more than a plan on the Japanese side," he said. He continued, ``The government's position is to firmly continue the radioactivity testing that has been carried out to date under the current import regulations on Japanese marine products.''
added. Since September 2013, South Korea has completely banned the import of seafood caught in eight prefectures, including Fukushima Prefecture, and conducts radioactivity tests on seafood from other areas each time it is imported.