Overview

• China Customs announced on June 29 that seafood shipments from all Japanese regions except ten barred prefectures will resume immediately, ending the blanket import ban from August 2023.
• Seafood products from Chiba, Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Miyagi, Nagano, Niigata, Saitama, Tochigi and Tokyo remain prohibited.
• Resumed imports must carry Japanese government-issued health certificates, radioactive substance detection qualification documents and designated production area credentials.
• The reopening follows long-term international and Chinese independent sampling and IAEA-endorsed monitoring that detected no abnormalities in treated Fukushima wastewater.
• China Customs will maintain strict supervision of incoming seafood and impose measures against any violations of Chinese laws or food safety standards.