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发帖数: 6973 | 1 (1) Yang Su-min and Christie Chen, Taiwan's agricultural exports see large
growth: COA. Central News Agency, Aug 23, 2011
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews
_Detail.aspx?Type=aALL&ID=201108230033
("Eel [to Japan] and grouper [to China] exports, which saw the most
significant growth rates, surged to US$115.48 million and US$70.3 million,
respectively, by the end of July, up 27.3 percent and 87.5 percent from last
year")
(2) The eel at issue is Japanese eel. See
Anguilla japonica. Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, undated.
http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2988/en
(3) Agri-Food Trade Service: The Fish and Seafood Market in Japan. Business
Sectors Bureau
and the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service, Foreign Affairs and
International Trade (DFAIT, where D signifies Department), Canada, January
2007 (FaxLink #0800037)
http://www.ats.agr.gc.ca/asi/4345-eng.htm
("Japan is the world's largest consumer and importer of fish and seafood
products. Imports accounted for about 45% or nearly $17.3 billion(1) of the
total fish and seafood market in 2005. About half of Japan's total fishery
product imports consist of shrimp, tuna and marlin, salmon and trout, crab,
processed eels, cod and pollock roes, and processed shrimp.")
(4) Taiwan used to be the major eel supplier to Japan, but China has
overtaken Taiwan since
(a) Eel Industry Fights Back. TheFishSite.com, Apr 20, 2009.
http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/9657/eel-industry-fights-ba
(b) Lee W-C et al, The competitiveness of the eel aquaculture in Taiwan,
Japan, and China. Aquaculture, 221: 115–124 (2003).
http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw/bitstream/246246/161407/1/07.pdf
(Table 1 "Annual market shares of Taiwan, China, and Japan in the Japanese
eel market" showed
* Taiwan eel export increased from 36,170 tons (45.11% of Japanese eel
market) in 1985, to 58,850 tons (51.53%) in 1991, and declined ever since to
8765 tons (6.75%) in 1999;
* China explosive expansion from 2844 tons (3.55% of Japanese eel market) in
1985, to 95,255 tons (73.39%) in 1999; accompanied with
* Japanese indigenous eel farming from 41,094 tons (51.25%) in 1985, to 23,
637 tons (18.21%) in 1999)
(5) But China's seafood export has hit a snag in US.
(a) Julie Schmit, Calum MacLeod, Elizabeth Weise and Barbara Hansen, Chinese
Fish Crisis Shows Seafood Safety Challenges. USA Today, June 28, 2007.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries
/food/2007-06-28-fish-cover-usat_N.htm
Quote:
"It [China] exported more than 1 billion pounds of seafood to the USA last
year — more than any other nation, says researcher Urner Barry. About 18%
of U.S. seafood imports come from China, the National Fisheries Institute
says.
"China banned malachite green in 2002. Yet the violations indicate that it's
still widely used in China's aquaculture industry, the FDA says. Even
before Thursday's move by the FDA, the agency had restricted all eel from
China unless the importer proves that it's safe. Last year, Canada also
started testing every eel shipment from China for malachite green. Japan and
South Korea have restricted Chinese eel imports in recent years as well.
Note:
(i) Changle 福建省福州市 长乐市
(ii) Mingguang 安徽省滁州市 明光市
(b) Safety of Chinese Imports: Statement of Murray M. Lumpkin, MD, Deputy
Commissioner for International and Special Program, FDA, before the Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation. July 18 , 2007 (testimony).
http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Testimony/ucm110728.htm
("contamination of honey with [antibiotics fluoroquinolones")
(c) As recent as two months ago, FDA ordered summary disposal of China's
seafood, if found at customs.
Detention Without Physical Examination of Aquacultured Catfish, Basa, Shrimp
, Dace, and Eel from China- Presence of New Animal Drugs and/or Unsafe Food
Additives. Food and Drug Administration, US Department of Health and Human
Service (HHS), June 6, 2011 (Import Alert 16-131).
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_33.html
Note:
(i) malachite green 孔雀綠
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malachite_green
(an organic compound; malachite green is traditionally used as a dye for
materials such as silk, leather, and paper; Although called malachite green,
the compound is not related to the mineral malachite [孔雀石; a copper
carbonate mineral, with the formula Cu2CO3(OH)2]— the name just comes from
the similarity of colour)
(ii) For gentian violet 龍膽紫, see crystal violet .結晶紫
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentian_violet
(used in Gram's stain of bacteria; The name "gentian violet" was originally
used for a mixture of methyl pararosaniline dyes (methyl violet) but is now
often considered a synonym for crystal violet. The name refers to its colour
, being like that of the petals of a gentian flower; it is not made from
gentians 龍膽屬的植物 or from violets.)
(6) And in Japan, too.
(a) Keith Crane, China Resumes Eel Exports to Japan. SeafoodSource.com, Dec
1, 2008.
http://www.seafoodsource.com/newsarticledetail.aspx?id=427
("China's eel exports to Japan slumped after the poisoned dumpling scandal
in January this year")
(b) Catherine Zhang, China Eel Exports Decline. SeafoodSource.com, Apr 8,
2009.
http://www.seafoodsource.com/newsarticledetail.aspx?id=3092
("China's eel exports to Japan, its No. 1 eel importer, dropped by nearly 60
,000 metric tons during the same four-year period")
(c) The drop was a lot, considering the latest statistics.
Tatsunobu Kawasaki, Live Eel Imports From Taiwan, China Seen to Total 10000
Tons. June 29, 2011
http://www.minato-tsukiji.com/news_detail_2660.html
(sentence 1: "Live eel import volume for the current fiscal year (Sept 2010
to Aug 2011) is expected to total around 10,000 tons, down 25% from the
previous year")
Note:
(i) It is written in the "About us" of the website's home page:
"Minato-Tsukiji.com is a web-based daily news service in English. And It is
operated by 'the Minato Daily,' the largest daily newspaper in Japan
specializing in fishery and seafood industries. The name is a combination of
'the Minato Daily' and 'Tsukiji,' the world's largest seafood wholesale
market located in Tokyo."
(ii) Minato Shimbun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minato_Shimbun
(みなと新聞; a Japanese language newspaper headquartered in Shimonoseki,
Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan 山口県 下関市)
minato 港 (n): "harbor, port"
(iii) Tsukiji
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukiji
(築地; Literally meaning "reclaimed land") |
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