From January to June, the export value of agriculture, forestry and fishery products and food products exceeded 570 billion yen, the highest ever in the first half of the year.
The main reason for the corona disaster is that economic activity is returning to normal in China and the United States.
According to the people concerned, from January to June, the export value of agriculture, forestry and fishery products and food, including online shopping, was 577.3 billion yen.
It increased by 31.6% compared to the same period of the previous year, the highest export value in the first half of the year.
This is a business that focuses on exporting food to households as the economic activities of China and the United States are returning as the global spread of the new coronavirus continues, and as the movement to refrain from eating out continues in each country. The main factor is that the number of people has increased.
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▼ In addition to alcoholic beverages, such as sake and whiskey has become a 56.3 billion yen increase 83 percent from the same period of the previous year,
▼ beef is increased and more than doubled, up 119%, to 22.3 billion yen,
▼ Scallops also increased by 74% to 23 billion yen.
The export value by country or region
was the largest at 103 billion yen for Hong Kong, 101.8 billion yen for
China
,
77.8 billion yen for the United States
, and
54.6 billion yen for Taiwan.
The government has set a goal of increasing the export value of agriculture, forestry and fishery products to 2 trillion yen by 2025, and will strengthen support for production areas that are engaged in exports.