date:Feb 03, 2021
It turns out that Japans imports reflect the surprise of the COVID-19 pandemic, with items like bananas -that were rather inconspicuous until recently- seeing record highs in 2020. This result might be due to a surge in cocoon consumption, the result of people staying at home instead of enjoying time out.
According to trade statistics released by the Ministry of Finance, the value of bananas imported from January to November in 2020 stood at about 97.69 billion JPY ($941.4 million USD), up 0.5%