The following is excerpted from the 9 August 2011 issue of The Journal of Commerce.

Japan’s exports of agricultural, fishery and forestry products fell for the third straight month in June on a year-to-year basis, dropping 2.3 percent to $491 million, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

But the year-over-year pace of decline significantly slowed from 14.7 percent in April and 16.6 percent in May...

This article is available in its entirety on The Journal of Commerce website at:

http://www.joc.com/global-trade/decline-japanese-food-exports-slows

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