South Korea: Imports of Japanese fish and shellfish have decreased for 5 months due to contaminated water, beer is on the rise

A view of Noryangjin Fish Market in Seoul on the 23rd of last month. yunhap news As of last month, Korea's imports of Japanese fish and shellfish were found to have decreased for five consecutive months due to the impact of Japan's discharge of contaminated water into the ocean. On the other hand, Japanese beer imports continue to increase. According to the Korea Customs Service's trade statistics on the 18th, Japanese seafood imports last month were 1,622 tons, down 24.9% from the same month last year. Imports also decreased by 34.8% to $7.81 million. The amount and amount of fish and shellfish imports include all fish and shellfish such as live fish, refrigerated and frozen fish, crustaceans, and molluscs. Japanese fish and shellfish import volume and import value have continued to decline for five consecutive months since April this year. In particular, the decline in imports last month, when Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company began discharging contaminated water from ...