BWC Chinese mentioned on April 19 that according to the data released by the General Administration of Customs at the beginning of this year, China exported 436,300 tons of seafood in January this year, down 0.34% year-on-year; the total value of exports was 2.197 billion US dollars, an increase of 8.86% year-on-year. In January, China exported seafood to 152 countries and regions around the world. It is worth noting that among all the seafood exported, China's export of eels to Japan is a major highlight.
In some of Japan's "big days", eels are indispensable ingredients on their tables, but it is easy for readers to ignore that Japan may be ushering in an "eel famine", and Chinese fishermen may make a windfall.
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Japan's Fisheries Agency announced on April 17 that the amount of eel fry in the pond as of the end of March was about 11 tons, a decrease of 40% from the previous year. It is expected that there will be a shortage of supply on ugly days (the "big days" when eels are concentrated). Therefore, Japan's eel supply must rely heavily on imports. Japan is China's largest export destination for eels. The low catch of eel fry is pushing up the price of eel products. The wholesale price of frozen grilled eels made in China at the Tsukiji market in Tokyo was 3,000 yen (about 175 yuan) per kilogram, up 50% from the same period last year.
According to the "Nihon Keizai Shimbun" reported on April 18, the time for Japan to concentrate on the consumption of eels is the "ugly day of soil use" (soil use refers to the 18 days before the spring, summer, autumn and winter, of which the "ugly" day of the dry branch day is the "ugly day of soil use"). ）
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Unlike Japan,which has an insufficient supply of eels and requires a large number of imports, Japan's Fukushima is exporting a large amount of agricultural products. According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported on April 24, statistics released by Fukushima Prefecture in Japan on April 23 show that the export volume of agricultural products in the prefecture in 2017 was about 210 tons, the highest record since the start of statistics in 2005. Among them, exports to Southeast Asia increased significantly. So why is Fukushima's agricultural products proliferating in Southeast Asia?
In August last year, Fukushima Governor Masao Uchori visited Malaysia and reached an agreement with a local trading company to export about 101 tons of rice to Malaysia. At the same time, it also exports fruits such as peaches, pears, and persimmons to Thailand and Vietnam, which are well received.
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It is worth mentioning that at a press conference on April 23, Uchori said that "the wind evaluation of agricultural products in this county is still in a serious situation." We hope to promote the high quality of the safety of agricultural products in our prefecture to many countries." It seems that more and more Japanese Fukushima farmers are staring at the wallets of Southeast Asians. (End)