China banned the import of Japanese seafood due to the discharge of nuclear waste water; tuna prices plummeted 24%

Japan began to discharge Fukushima nuclear wastewater on the 24th, and China banned the import of Japanese seafood. The scope of the impact is wider than Japanese officials originally thought that only seafood from Fukushima and other regions were restricted. The price of Japanese seafood has been greatly affected, especially the price of tuna with high economic value. As a result, the price has plummeted More than two percent. According to the official website of Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market, the average price per kilogram of fresh Aomori tuna in Toyosu Market on the 25th plunged 24% from the previous day to 9,383 yen (about 2,040 Taiwan dollars). In contrast, at the traditional New Year’s auction in Toyosu Market earlier this year, bluefin, the favorite of gourmets, sold for 3.604 million yen for a 212-kg bluefin at an average of 17,000 yen per kilogram. , nearly double the highest auction price in the same period last year. China is the largest single market for ...