South Korea: The status of live yellowtail imports from Japan and its impact on domestic aquaculture industry

We need to find a way to survive against the influx of imports. The amount of Japanese imports increases from 298 tons in 2015 to 3,239 tons in 2023. We need to strengthen crackdown on the origin of imported fishery products and quarantine and increase tariffs. Guaranteed safety and sales of domestic products... Fish farming and the public can also be protected. Last year, imports of live yellowtail from Japan increased by about 20% compared to the previous year, returning to previous levels. This can be interpreted as the impact of Japan's continued low yen and expansion of yellowtail consumption, and various concerns are being raised in the domestic fish farming industry. According to data from the Korea Maritime Institute (KMI) Fishery Products Export Information Portal, the three countries from which Korea imports live yellowtail (as of 2015) are Japan, China, and Indonesia. Among these, Indonesia's trade of 1 ton only in 2022 is virtually meaningless, and China's imports ...