In terms of value, imports aggregated Y142,265.59 million, down 6.9%.
Cumulative imports in the January-October period came to 2,393,429 tons, down 7.8% from a year ago, or worth Y1,340,508.54 million, down 2.9%.
Continued from September, the October import tonnage sustained the lowest level in 10 years.
This represented a decrease of 125,000 tons from October 2002 (or two thirds of that month), when 376,796 tons were imported.
Imports of shrimp in October were 23,119 tons, down 2.2%, worth Y23,381.37 million, down 3.6%.
Crab plunged 21.6% to 6,643 tons, mainly due to decreased shipments of snow and king crab from Russia.
In terms of value, however, imports showed an increase of 7.6% to Y5,972.15 million.
Japan fish imports continue sluggish, with lowest total volume in ten years
JAPAN - Japan's seafood imports continue sluggish in October, staying at two thirds of 2002. Japan's seafood imports in October totaled 251,630 tons, which was a drop of 13.5% from the same month of the previous year, according to the Finance Ministry's preliminary trade figures compiled by the Japan Fishery Product Trade Association.