在日本执意启动福岛核污染水排海工作后,中方随即宣布全面暂停进口日本水产品,确保中国消费者“舌尖上的安全”。
据观察者网综合日本广播协会(NHK)、时事通讯社报道,中国在日本水产品出口中占据“断层”领先地位,诸多日本水产和加工企业在中方管制措施发布后“陷入恐慌”。
China's suspension of imports of all Japanese seafood products in response to Tokyo Electric Power's release of radioactive wastewater into the Pacific from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has dealt a blow to the Japanese fishery industry, according to Japanese media reports.
一时之间日本国内水产行业相关人员“哀鸿遍野”,日本全国渔业协会联合会(全渔联)会长亦火速打电话向日本内阁经济产业大臣西村康稔控诉:“全国渔民都对此非常惊讶。”
对此,日本东京电力公司(后简称“东电”)社长小早川智明24日在记者会上宣称,东电将为受到损失的企业提供适当补偿,并希望能向重要的贸易伙伴中国就核污水排海的所谓“安全性”进行充分解释。
“中国是日本非常重要的贸易伙伴,因此我们将提供详尽的安全解释,以便(中方)尽快撤销这样的(禁运)决定。”
TEPCO President Tomoaki Kobayakawa on Thursday pledged to help local business owners who are suffering from the export bans. He also pledged to work to have the ban dropped by providing scientific explanations to China about the plan, noting China is a key trading partner.
中国是日本水产品最大市场
中国是日本最大的市场,出口额最高的是中国大陆(871亿日元,22%),其次是中国香港(755亿日元,19%),两者约占整体出口四成。
According to statistics from Japan's Fisheries Agency, the total export value of seafood products in 2022 was about 387 billion yen ($2.6 billion) and has been on an upward trend over the past several years. With the Asian seafood market expanding, exports to Chinese mainland accounted for 22.5% of the total, while Hong Kong accounted for 19%.
报道称,今年上半年(2023年1月至6月)日本水产品出口继续创历史新高,直到中国海关于7月宣布对原产于日本的进口水产品实施更为严格的通关检测程序后,出口到中国大陆的日本水产品几乎比去年同期减少30%。
Customs authorities in China say the value of seafood imports from Japan plunged by about 30 percent last month from a year earlier.
为应对日本一意孤行将核污水排海,中方24日宣布全面暂停进口日本水产品。《每日新闻》称,向中国出口的日本水产加工企业非常担心会受到影响,面临“雪上加霜”的情况。
据日经亚洲评论报道,住友商事全球研究部首席经济学家Takayuki Homma认为,日本水产品今后可能要面临开发新的海外市场的困境:“想让美国或者欧洲市场来替代中国大陆和香港地区,这无异于从零开始开发新市场。”
Amid uncertainty over the duration of China's embargo, it may be necessary to divert exports elsewhere. But it is not easy, Homma said. "Expecting the US and European markets to replace that of the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong is close to creating a new market from zero."
Takayuki Homma还认为,日本旅游业也会受到影响,中国旅客会避免赴日旅游,或者在旅行期间不吃海鲜,“入境游经济的放缓也值得担忧。
Chinese group travelers -- only recently allowed to travel to Japan again -- may avoid visiting Japan or consuming seafood during their stay. "Slowdown in inbound tourism business would also be a concern."
日媒:全国渔民都震惊了
“听到消息的时候大脑一片空白,我原本以为福冈不会被列入禁止进口的名单。”总部位于福冈的“昭德”水产公司,其社长汤浅俊一担忧道。
据NHK报道,位于北海道函馆市的一家水产加工公司也在发愁。近年来,这家公司一直向中国消费者大量出口扇贝类加工食品,而自从中方7月收紧管控后,公司对中国的出口几乎已经陷入停滞,冷冻库中现在还有十几吨冷冻扇贝等待装运出货。
另外,在大分县内的水产相关人士也正在手忙脚乱中。大分县去年以中国为销售中心,养殖蓝鳍金枪鱼的出口额大幅增长,现在不得不另寻出路。
西岐市的一家水产养殖公司正在办理向中国大陆出口2万条鰤鱼的手续,眼下只能将出货地改为中国台湾地区和日本国内。
“全国渔民都震惊了。”《每日新闻》提到,在看到中国海关发布的消息后,日本全国渔业协会联合会(全渔联)会长坂本雅信马上给内阁经济产业大臣西村康稔打电话,敦促政府全力采取措施,西村则回答称“已向中方提出抗议”。
同样颠倒黑白要求中方立即撤销进口管制措施的还有日本首相岸田文雄、外相林芳正等,其声称反对中方采取的管制政策,已通过外交渠道要求中方立即撤销相关措施。
8月24日,中国驻日本大使吴江浩就日方启动福岛核污染水排海向日本外务事务次官冈野正敬提出严正抗议。吴江浩表示,日方在未充分论证现有排海技术的长期安全性和可靠性、未取得各利益攸关方广泛谅解、未建立完备的国际监督和追责赔偿机制的情况下,执意强行启动排海,蕴含巨大风险隐患和不可预测危害。
On Thursday, Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wu Jiang­hao lodged a strong protest with Masataka Okano, Japan's vice-minister for foreign affairs.
Disregarding the strong doubts and opposition from both domestic and international sources, Japan is shifting the nuclear-contamination risk to its neighboring countries, including China, and the international community, Wu said.
Japan is prioritizing its own interests above the long-term well-being of the people in the region and around the world. China demands an immediate halt to this "extremely selfish and irresponsible" behavior, Wu added.
吴江浩强调,中国政府宣布全面暂停进口原产地为日本的水产品,是理所当然的,也是完全必要的。造成这一局面的责任完全在日方,日方应该反躬自省。
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