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Imports keep surging for rushes, down on leeks, shiitake.

Publication: Japan Weekly Monitor
Publication Date: 31-DEC-01
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
TOKYO, Dec. 26 Kyodo

(EDS: ADDING INFORMATION AT 8-9TH PARAS)

Japan's imports of rushes used in tatami mats continued to surge in the week of Dec. 15-21 over a year before, but those of stone leeks and shiitake mushrooms fell thanks to Chinese exporters' voluntary curbs, according to government data released Wednesday.

Just prior to Friday's settlement of the Japan-China trade row over the three farm products, which come...



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