Tokyo reduced the volume of non-ferrous metal imports from Russia in April 2023 by 79.5% compared to the same period of 2022. information about it published press service of the country’s Ministry of Finance.
Japan also reduced its reduced natural gas (LNG) purchases last month by 10.6% compared to April 2022. In addition, the country bought 80.8% less coal from Moscow in April.
The country decreased its vegetable imports by 75.1% and its fish and seafood imports by 31.4%. Meanwhile, the volume of purchases of grain products from Tokyo, Russia increased by 554.8 percent.
For the entire last fiscal year (starting April 1, 2022 and ending March 31, 2023), Japan purchased 6.3% fewer goods from Russia (just 1.73 trillion yen or $12.85 billion). Russia purchased goods from Japan for 524.08 billion yen, or $3.9 billion, up 39.8% from the previous fiscal year.
Sergey Marin on the eve of the Japanese Consul General in Sapporo (centre of Hokkaido’s northern province) declarationTokyo’s Arctic LNG-2 project will increase gas purchases from its sources.