Breakdown of Foods That Japanese People Eat
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan reported statistics on the demand and supply of food in Japan. The table below shows the yearly breakdown of 2011 data.
Table : Demand and Supply of Food in Japan in 2011
Domestic production | Import | Export | Total consumption | Net food | Per capita | ||
(unit) | (1000t) | (1000t) | (1000t) | (1000t) | (1000t) | (kg) | |
Cereal | Total | 9768 | 25919 | 132 | 34213 | 11550 | 90.6 |
Rice | 8692 | 848 | 132 | 8667 | 7173 | 56.3 | |
Wheat | 858 | 6578 | 0 | 7167 | 4201 | 32.9 | |
Barley | 160 | 1895 | 0 | 2055 | 26 | 0.2 | |
Corn | 0 | 14734 | 0 | 14425 | 57 | 0.4 | |
Potatoes | Total | 3355 | 1100 | 4 | 4451 | 2623 | 20.6 |
Sweet potato | 876 | 72 | 2 | 946 | 533 | 4.2 | |
Potatoes | 2479 | 1028 | 2 | 3505 | 2090 | 16.4 | |
Starch | 2515 | 147 | 0 | 2637 | 2088 | 16.4 | |
Beans | 340 | 3015 | 0 | 3419 | 1036 | 8.1 | |
Soybean | 236 | 2727 | 0 | 3037 | 775 | 6.1 | |
Other beans | 104 | 288 | 0 | 382 | 261 | 2 | |
Vegetables | Total | 11974 | 3302 | 4 | 15272 | 11883 | 93.2 |
Green and yellow vegetables | 2610 | 1640 | 0 | 4250 | 3539 | 27.8 | |
Other vegetables | 9364 | 1662 | 4 | 11022 | 8344 | 65.4 | |
Fruits | Total | 3027 | 5007 | 26 | 7981 | 4861 | 38.1 |
Mikan | 846 | 1 | 2 | 823 | 525 | 4.1 | |
Apple | 794 | 671 | 11 | 1449 | 1108 | 8.7 | |
Other fruits | 1387 | 4335 | 13 | 5709 | 3228 | 25.3 | |
Meat | Total | 3273 | 2636 | 9 | 5924 | 3828 | 30 |
Beef | 514 | 722 | 1 | 1227 | 757 | 5.9 | |
Pork | 1295 | 1141 | 1 | 2447 | 1511 | 11.8 | |
Chicken | 1457 | 736 | 7 | 2204 | 1534 | 12 | |
Other meat | 5 | 36 | 0 | 43 | 23 | 0.2 | |
Chicken egg | 2507 | 123 | 1 | 2629 | 2128 | 16.7 | |
Milk and dairy products | Total | 7608 | 4191 | 9 | 11718 | 11409 | 89.5 |
For drinking | 4011 | 0 | 2 | 4009 | 3969 | 31.1 | |
For dairy products | 3538 | 4191 | 7 | 7650 | 7420 | 58.2 | |
Seafood | Total | 4302 | 4586 | 622 | 8170 | 3620 | 28.4 |
Fresh and frozen | 1908 | 1284 | 533 | 2663 | 1480 | 11.6 | |
dried-salted, smoked, other | 1637 | 1942 | 62 | 3521 | 1956 | 15.3 | |
Can | 217 | 121 | 8 | 331 | 184 | 1.4 | |
Seaweeds | 108 | 51 | 1 | 158 | 134 | 1.1 | |
Sugars | Total | 2093 | 571 | 1 | 2661 | 2398 | 18.8 |
Raw sugar | 127 | 1396 | 0 | 1500 | 0 | 0 | |
Refined sugar | 1977 | 434 | 1 | 2409 | 2366 | 18.6 | |
Molasses | 94 | 126 | 0 | 222 | 2 | 0 | |
Oils and fats | Total | 1950 | 985 | 13 | 2916 | 1732 | 13.6 |
Vegetable oil | 1640 | 886 | 11 | 2508 | 1626 | 12.8 | |
Animal fat | 310 | 99 | 2 | 408 | 106 | 0.8 | |
Miso | 442 | 1 | 10 | 437 | 436 | 3.4 | |
Soy sauce | 802 | 2 | 20 | 785 | 783 | 6.1 |
Source is Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
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