According to the Korean Customs Service on the 28th, the value of seafood imports from Japan last year was 151.91 million dollars (approximately 22,495.5 million yen), an increase of 12.5% from the previous year.
decreased by 8%. This is the largest decrease in 11 years since 2012 (33.3% decrease), the year after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident. Seafood imports include live fish and chilled/frozen fish.
It is a combination of all seafood such as shellfish, crustaceans, and molluscs. Last year, the amount of seafood imported from Japan was 27,209 tons, a decrease of 16.5% compared to the previous year, and compared to 2012 (36.3%).
This was the largest decrease since then. This decrease in seafood imports is believed to be due to the fact that Tokyo Electric Power Company began releasing radioactively treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean in August of last year.
2024/01/29 07:27 KST
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