Dry Edible Bean Market in Japan

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Dry Edible Bean Market in Japan

• Presented by
• K. Nakahashi
• July 2008
• Japan Pea and Bean Importers Association

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Consumption
Total consumption 188,000 mt ltlast 5 year avg.gt
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9
48
39
60 for sweet bean paste use
Source MAFF
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Supply-Demand

• 
  unit metric tones
• Crop-year (Oct-Sep)
• lt2007gt
  lt2006gt lt2005gt lt2004gt lt2003gt
• Beginning stock 78,100 78,500
  61,900 57,300 63,100
• Domestic production 71,200 90,900
  104,700 72,600 88,700
• Import 97,500
  88,400 90,100 114,200 99,700
• Total supply 246,800 257,800
  256,700 244,100 251,500
• Total consumption 174,800 179,700
  178,200 182,200 194,200
• Total inventory 72,000 78,100
  78,500 61,900 57,300
• Source MAFF

40 of total supply are Imported Beans
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Import volume by Item in 2007
M/T
Source Customhouse
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Import volume by Origin in 2007
M/T
Source Customhouse
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White Kidney Lima beans Import
M/T
U.S. Baby Lima
Myanmar Butter
U.S. G. Northern
Others
Can/U.S. Otebo
Source JPBIA
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2008 July 7-9th G8 was held in Hokkaido, Japan
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Hokkaido, Japan - main growing area of Peas and
Beans
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Bean Paste Sweets were served.
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How to prepare it
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First Ladies Japanese Tea Ceremony
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Japanese Sweets- Various Types