Rice corn that China does not import Japan buys August 26 7:43

In response to this Japan-US summit, Japan will import additional US corn. This means that Japanese companies will bring imports ahead of time because damage from pests has been confirmed in Japan.

This was clarified by Prime Minister Abe and President Trump in a joint press release.

According to government officials, the additional import is about 2.5 million tonnes of corn for feed, which is equivalent to three months of annual imports.

As new pests have been confirmed in the country and there is concern that supply will become uncertain in the future, Japanese companies from the United States, which account for over 90% of corn imports, will postpone imports in September. The

At a press conference, President Trump said that exports of crops from the United States were declining due to the effects of trade friction between the United States and China, “China does not carry out what it promised, so there is excess corn in various parts of the United States. “It ’s a big deal for Prime Minister Abe to buy.”

Additional imports of corn are treated differently from trade negotiations between Japan and the United States, which are aimed at signing next month, and the Japanese government says it is a private measure to combat pests. It seems that it was judged that there is an aspect that leads to.