Chinese seafood imports from Japan tumble 68% in August amid ban

1 of 2 | Chinese imports of Japanese seafood fell to $20.4 million for August, down 67.6% from the same time last year following a ban on imports in response to Japan’s release of nuclear wastewater. File Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI | License Photo Sept. 18 (UPI) — Chinese seafood imports from Japan tumbled more than two-thirds in August after electric officials in Tokyo announced the release of treated from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. Trade statistics from China’s General Administration of Customs released on Monday showed that the total value of marine products imported from Japan fell to…