United States: Completely abolished import restrictions on 100 items: Food products from Fukushima Prefecture, etc.
-The United States lifts import restrictions on the 21st-
Target of deregulation:
Including rice from Fukushima prefecture
Fukushima,
Iwate,
Miyagi etc.
100 food items from 14 prefectures in Japan are subject to abolition.
Japan’s Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Exports:
America:
For Japan, the United States is the third largest exporter of agriculture, forestry and fishery products and food.
Last year’s exports to the United States exceeded 110 billion yen.
EU:
On the 21st, import restrictions on “cultivated mushrooms” were abolished.
China:
However, China still suspends all food imports from Fukushima Prefecture and elsewhere.
South Korea etc .:
14 countries and regions regulate the import of marine products from Fukushima Prefecture.
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US lifts import ban on Japanese foods
The United States
has lifted import restrictions it placed on some Japanese food products following the 2011 nuclear power plant accident in Fukushima.
The US Food and Drug Administration
said Tuesday that it is deactivating an import alert covering 100 food items from Fukushima and 13 other prefectures.
The US
is the third largest importer of Japanese foods, including farm and fisheries products.The total value of such imports from Japan topped 1 billion dollars last year.
With the ban lifted,
Japan can now ship products such as rice from Fukushima, and shiitake mushrooms from neighboring Tochigi and Ibaraki prefectures.
Meanwhile,
the European Unionhas announced plans to ease some of its import restrictions on Japanese food items from October.
However,
14 countries and territories, such asChina,
South Korea,
and Taiwanare continuing to block some Japanese food products.
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
says the US move is likely to influence the decisions of their governments on whether to resume imports.
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