{"id":143666,"date":"2021-12-03T11:06:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T02:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=143666&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-12-03T11:06:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T02:06:38","slug":"fukuoka-trading-company-first-to-resume-export-of-melons-to-usa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-trading-company-first-to-resume-export-of-melons-to-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Trading Company First To Resume Export of Melons To USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu Agricultural Products Trading Co. announced the first export of domestic melons to America. Thirty melons from Ibaraki Prefecture were shipped out from Japan on Nov. 24, only two weeks after the Japanese government lifted the export restriction for the fruit. The melons were put on sale in a Los Angeles-based shop for around \u00a53,000\/ea..<\/span><b> Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pref.ibaraki.jp\/eigyo\/global\/yusyutsu\/usamelon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibaraki Prefecture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ibarakinews.jp\/news\/newsdetail.php?f_jun=16381938638620\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibaraki Shimbun<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-143667\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fnn_melon-ibaraki_2021_cl.jpg?resize=1236%2C814&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1236\" height=\"814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fnn_melon-ibaraki_2021_cl.jpg?w=1236&amp;ssl=1 1236w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fnn_melon-ibaraki_2021_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fnn_melon-ibaraki_2021_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C674&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fnn_melon-ibaraki_2021_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C506&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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