Japan's agricultural imports increased significantly

The disasters that hit Japan begin to reveal their impact on economic activity: exports are decreasing and imports are increasing.

 
The Ministry of Finance announced that exports had experienced for the first time a fall of 2.2% in sixteen months. Imports increased by 11.9%.

 
Japan increased its volume of vegetable imports by 24.7% to compensate disruption of the agricultural sector.

Fruit imports rose by 11.2% by volume. This trend should continue for months.

 
The Council for Foreign Trade provides a drop of at least 20% of Japanese exports in the coming months.

 
Source: Les Echos