A relative who is still studying in Japan told me that the price of eating watermelon and other fruits in Japan is very expensive, because the land area in Japan is not large, and the prices of the crops produced are of course comparable high. But at the same time, eating seafood in Japan is very cheap. Japanese fisheries are developed, especially after the nuclear leak in Fukushima, Japan, so the price of seafood in Japan is very cheap.
So, I asked this relative after 00, how expensive is the watermelon in Japan? She told me that the watermelons in Japanese fruit shops are sold piece by piece, not just one piece. Usually the price of a watermelon is 685 yen. If you want to buy one to go home, it will cost about 4,000 yen, which translates to as high as 240 yuan (the smaller watermelon also costs 150 yuan per piece).
However, I remembered at the time that Japanese watermelons are so expensive that they cost more than 200 yuan per piece. Why not import some watermelons from China? This year's watermelon harvest has been great, and no one bought a few cents/jin of big watermelons. Isn't it a pity that they rot in the ground? But my relative after 00 told me that it is impossible for Japan to import watermelons from China to alleviate the shortage of its market. In fact, not only watermelons, but other fruits are also very expensive.
First of all, in order to protect its own country’s agriculture from external shocks, Japan has established an astonishingly high tariff. The tariffs on all foreign foods are as high as 900%. This 900% tax is not only for Chinese goods. This is also true for other countries. If other packaging, transportation, and inspection costs are added, the Chinese watermelon that reaches Japanese consumers will be at least several times higher. Therefore, the price cannot be lowered.
Furthermore, the Japanese only believe in the food of their own country, and the monitoring of foreign food is very strict, even to a harsh level. All kinds of fruits sold in Japanese fruit shops must have a series of certificates. In these certificates, there must be various materials such as fruit planting information, planting materials, and planting photos. If you encounter quality problems, it can be traced back to the melon farmers.
For Chinese companies, it is easy to buy watermelons from melon farmers, but where can I find proof of this series of fruit cultivation? Because melon farmers in China are farmers, who is going to do this kind of proof game? At that time, Chinese melon farmers will definitely not be able to provide similar certificates. Besides, watermelons can easily deteriorate. If they are shipped to Japan to buy, they must be shipped by air, and the cost of air transportation will also rise sharply, making it difficult for domestic fruit distributors to lose money. Big money. Therefore, no amount of domestic watermelons can be shipped to the Japanese market for sale.
Finally, the Japanese treat watermelon as fruit snacks and other foods. Japanese people eat watermelon at most by eating a slice, which is not like a sharp weapon used by China for pyrolysis. Therefore, there is not much demand for watermelons in Japan. Some time ago, Japanese research institutes developed square watermelons, which are very popular. This also shows that Japanese people value the quality and novelty of watermelons and do not care about quantitative satisfaction.
It’s not surprising that Japanese watermelon and other fruits are expensive. Because Japan’s land area is small, priority is given to growing the rice needed by the Japanese, so the watermelon planting area is not large. It is difficult to fully meet the needs of the people in island countries. Japan could have eased this tension by importing a large amount of fruit, but because Japan imposed high tariffs on imported food and the Japanese only believed in their own food, they had strict requirements on imported food from other countries, making it difficult to meet their import requirements. More importantly, people in Japan do not eat much fruit, and there is not much demand for watermelon and other fruits. Under this circumstance, it is difficult to guarantee that China will not suffer losses when the watermelon is shipped to Japan.
