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- Jun 29, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
China Partly Lifts Its Ban on Japanese Seafood
- On 29 June 2025 China's customs issued GACC Announcement No. 140 of 2025, resuming imports of aquatic products from Japan with immediate effect[1]
- Products from ten prefectures stay banned: Fukushima, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Miyagi, Niigata, Nagano, Saitama, Tokyo and Chiba[1]
- Japanese exporters must meet China's registration rules for overseas food producers; plants whose imports were suspended must re-register, and only products made after re-registration can enter[1]
- China said monitoring had found no abnormalities and Japan had committed to guarantee the safety of its exports[1][2]
- It eased the total ban imposed on 24 August 2023[3]
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- [1]90%fao.org/in-action/globefish/news-events/news/news-detail/china-partially-lifts-import-ban-on-japanese-aquatic-products/enfao.org· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Jun 29, 2025 ✓· 84% of score
FAO: 'On 29 June 2025 ... the General Administration of China's Customs issued the Announcement on the Conditional Resumption of Aquatic Product Imports from Certain Regions of Japan (GACC Announcement No. 140 of 2025)', effective immediately.
- [2]85%Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on June 30, 2025gm.china-embassy.gov.cn· Published Jun 30, 2025· 15% of score
China's own account: after multiple rounds of consultations and Japan's promise of 'credible and visible measures', 'competent authorities released an announcement yesterday to conditionally resume aquatic product imports from some regions of Japan'; the 10 prefectures stay banned.[1]
- [3]75%All aquatic imports from Japan suspended (China Daily)global.chinadaily.com.cn· Published Aug 24, 2023· 1% of score
The total ban this decision eased, in force from 24 August 2023 when Japan began the Fukushima water release.[1]
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