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Article: Japanese frozen food market edges up; industry eyes seniors for future growth: aging and shrinking population, more single households, short-sighted pricing policies and now the China syndrome combine to create headaches for domestic producers.(JAPAN)(Industry overview)
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- Quick Frozen Foods International
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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Frozen food consumption is greater than people thought it was, according to the Japan Frozen Food Association (JFFA). But it's still a lot smaller per capita than in Europe or the United States, and with an aging and declining population it may not get much bigger for some time to come.
Overall consumption for 2006, as reported by the JFFA, was nearly 2.7 million tons. For the first time, however, that counted an actual figure--315,000 tons--for imported frozen food. And without those, and 832,000 tons of imported vegetables, consumption would hardly have budged.
Japan's population peaked at 127.8 million in 2005, and is expected to decline to 101 ...