Japan: COVID-19 Impacts on Food Distribution in Japan

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Japan: COVID-19 Impacts on Food Distribution in Japan

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused food service sales in Japan at restaurants and hotels to nosedive and retail sales at supermarkets to jump as schools have closed, tourism has come to a halt, and public outings have fallen following official requests that people stay at home. The shift in consumer spending is negatively impacting small-to-medium sized importers, wholesalers, and distributors that supply restaurants, hotels, department stores, schools, and workplace cafeterias. Global delays in shipping, reduced air cargo capacity, and increased cargo prices have had a mild impact on imports; however, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) reports that the nation's food supply is secure.

Japan: COVID-19 Impacts on Food Distribution in Japan

 

 

COVID-19, Exporting
East Asia and the Pacific, Japan

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