日本産魚介類、９９％減　１０月の中国輸入

　【北京時事】中国税関総署が１８日発表した１０月の貿易統計（月報）によると、日本産魚介類の輸入額は前年同月比９９％減の３３万２０００ドル（約５０００万円）だった。中国政府は８月下旬から日本産の輸入を禁止しており、その影響が表れた。
　中国政府は東京電力福島第１原発から生じる処理水の海洋放出計画に強く反発。放出が始まった８月２４日以降、日本産水産物の輸入を全面的に禁止している。これを受け、９月の輸入額は統計上ゼロだった。１０月に少量が輸入された理由は不明。中国外務省の報道官は今月、処理水の放出に関し「反対の立場は一貫している」と強調していた。（2023/11/18-15:21）

China's imports of fish and shellfish from Japan in October dropped 99 pct from a year earlier to 332,000 dollars, Chinese customs authorities said Saturday.
   The plunge, which reflected a blanket ban on Japanese fishery products imposed by China in late August, came after the imports fell to zero in September. It was not clear why the small amount was imported in October.
   Beijing fiercely opposed Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s release into the sea of tritium-containing treated water from its meltdown-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, fully banning imports of fishery products from Japan from Aug. 24, when the water discharge started.
   Earlier this month, the Chinese Foreign Ministry indicated the country's stance of consistently opposing the treated water's release.
   Meanwhile, China's overall imports of fishery products in October fell around 15 pct, after going down 10 pct in September, as demand for fishery products as a while diminished in China after the Chinse government described the treated water as "nuclear contaminated."