On July 4th, at Noryangjin Fish Market in Dongjak-gu, Seoul’s largest wholesale seafood market, a vendor patiently awaits customers following the publication of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) conclusive report on the Japanese government’s proposed discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean. (Yonhap)
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s imports of Japanese seafood posted the biggest on-year decrease last year since 2012, a year after the Fukushima nuclear accident, data showed Sunday.
South Korea imported Japanese fish and shellfish worth a combined US$151.9 million in 2023, down 12.8 percent from a year earlier, according to data compiled by the Korea Customs Service.
The drop was the biggest since 2012, when South Korea’s imports of Japanese seafood plunged 33.3 percent on-year due to safety concerns after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was crippled by a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
In 2013, South Korea banned all seafood imports from eight Japanese prefectures near Fukushima.
(Yonhap)
