(Japan / Beijing Comprehensive News) The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Aquatic Products in Japan said that the Japanese high-grade grape "SHINE-MUSCAT" (SHINE-MUSCAT) was brought into China through informal channels, causing Japan to lose at least 10 billion yen each year (About S $ 103 million).
The planting area reaches 30 times
According to the Nikkei News, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Aquatic Products of Japan is estimated that the "Sunshine Rose" grapes have been smuggled to China from 2016; by 2020, the planting area of this variety of grapes has reached 30 times that of Japan.
Comprehensive research institutions in Japan's agricultural and food industry technology, in 2006, registered the "Sunshine Rose" variety.This variety took 18 years from the beginning to the registration, and 13 researchers participated.Japan hopes that such excellent varieties will increase the export of Japanese agricultural products and aquatic products.
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Aquatic Products estimates that if Chinese growers buy "Sunshine Rose" seedlings from regular channels, Japan can charge an authorization fee of more than 10 billion yen per year.
Japan plans to set up an institution representing agricultural intellectual property rights on behalf of breeders next year, and has appointed an expert group in May this year to study and monitor and smuggle.
"Sunshine Rose" is a more popular grape variety in China in recent years.In the early days of listing in China, the price of grapes per catty was as high as 300 yuan (RMB, the same below, S $ 62).
According to Huasheng online reports, the topic of "Sunshine Rose fell from 300 yuan from 300 yuan per catty to 10 yuan" has appeared on Weibo hot search last year, exposing China's large number of "sunlight roses" caused qualityEssence
