5 days ago
China allows import of over 400 marine products from Japan
Chinese customs authorities have issued permits to import 449 marine products from Japan including tuna, scallop and crab. This step comes as Beijing moves towards the resumption of accepting Japanese seafood.
China's General Administration of Customs announced the import resumption in late June, excluding 10 prefectures such as Fukushima, Miyagi and Tokyo.
Chinese authorities last week approved the re-registration of processing and other facilities for three Japanese businesses based in Hokkaido and Aomori prefectures.
Exporters who have gained this approval will also need Japanese government certificates regarding sanitation, radioactive materials and places of production. These will have to be submitted to Chinese authorities for permission.
China stopped seafood imports roughly two years ago, after Japan began releasing treated and diluted water into the ocean from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
