Japan plans to boost agricultural exports to 2 trillion yen

The action plan above selects 27 key agricultural, fishery and forestry items, including apples and other fruits as well as seafood such as orange fish and scallops. The above export promotion plan aims to achieve the set target by 2025 and identify specific markets where demand for these agricultural products is high. Earlier, at a conference to promote agricultural exports in mid-December, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the government would support the development of special production areas to serve the needs of export markets. , and setting up processing plants to comply with the regulations of those countries. Prime Minister Suga, who succeeds Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is looking to shift the agricultural sector towards increased exports, amid slowing domestic market demand in line with the aging population. "The land of cherry blossoms". Under the action plan calling for increased beef exports from 29.7 billion yen in 2019 to 160 billion yen by 2025, markets in ...