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Exports to Japan
Trends in agricultural exports to Japan
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Trends in agricultural exports to Japan
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Vietnamese produce's 3.65-billion-dollar first half: why Japan's sourcing moves beyond fresh
ベトナム農業環境省は、2026年上半期の青果（野菜・果実）輸出額が36.5億ドル、前年同期比17.8%増に達したと明らかにした。数字だけを見れば順調な右肩上がりだが、日本の食品バイヤーや輸入商社が読むべきは総額ではなく中身の変化だ。生鮮ドリアンやバナ... -
A second irradiation technology for the US; Vietnam's Toan Phat breaks down the wall to fruit exports
米国農務省の動植物検疫局（APHIS）が7月上旬、ベトナム・タイニン省のトアンファット照射工場（TPI）に対し、ガンマ線とX線という2つの照射技術を並行して運用する認可を与えた。対米輸出向けの果実照射施設が2技術を同時に使えるのはベトナムで初めてで... -
Top shrimp company Minh Phu makes its move: a new Ca Mau plant that changes Japanese procurement
On June 28, 2026, in Ca Mau province at Vietnam's southernmost tip, the major shrimp processor Minh Phu Group's new plant, the "Minh Phu Khanh An Seafood Processing Plant," officially came online. The investment is about 1.5 trillion dong (about US$57 million, about 8.8 billion yen; at the time of writing, roughly 155 yen to the dollar and about 60 yen to 10,000 dong... -
Kura Sushi's white fish was catfish — how pangasius became a Japanese staple
The white-fish topping gliding along the conveyor-belt sushi lane turns out to be catfish raised in the Mekong Delta. On July 5, 2026, the Vietnamese fisheries trade magazine Vietfish Magazine reported that Vietnamese pangasius (basa) has penetrated Japan's white-fish consumption to the point of ranking second only to Alaska pollock fillets. Processed food... -
Hundreds of varieties of desert rose: a young Dong Nai man names the Japanese horticulture market
A young man in Dong Nai province in southern Vietnam, through self-taught crossbreeding, has bred the adenium—called the "desert rose" (local name Su)—into hundreds of distinct varieties, selling roughly 200 pots a day. What cannot be overlooked in this case, reported by Vietnamese agricultural media, is that his next target is... -
A major shrimp producer heads into Japanese sushi toppings with tilapia, a new source of white fish
Vina Clean Food, a major shrimp exporter in Soc Trang, has made its first shipment to Japan of monosex-tilapia fillets for sushi and sashimi. We unpack this new white-fish supply source, stood up in six months, from the perspective of Japanese seafood buyers. -
Stopping illegal fishing trips with 2,100 phone calls: An Giang province hones its catch management
An Giang province used about 2,100 warning phone calls over six months to urge fishing vessels that had lost communication to comply with fishing rules. We read how the tightened management of Vietnamese wild-caught seafood, moving toward the lifting of the EU yellow card, affects the reliability of Japanese sourcing. -
638 Indonesian plants cleared for China: how will Vietnamese shrimp sourcing change
Indonesia's seafood-processing plants have expanded exports to China to 638 facilities. As competition with Vietnamese shrimp and pangasius intensifies in the Chinese market, we lay out the changes in sourcing structure that Japanese food buyers should read, and the business opportunities created by the shift toward Japan and high value addition. -
"Proof of origin" for Vietnamese tuna goes from paper to electronic; transparency for Gia Lai's 4,000 vessels
Gia Lai province has begun a monthly subsidy for electronic fishing logbooks on 4,000 fishing vessels of 12 m or more. Using eCDT, it digitally tracks the origin of catches to address the lifting of the EU yellow card and origin certification for exports to Japan. We unpack the impact on Japanese tuna and skipjack importers. -
Vietnam's nationwide system for tracking durian by QR, and how Japan's growing-area verification changes
On July 1, Vietnam fully launched a national traceability system for agricultural, forestry, and fishery products. We explain how this system, which began with QR tracking of durian, will change the origin-verification practices of Japanese importers and retailers.
