The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to invoke temporary import curbs on three agricultural products, mainly from China, to protect domestic farmers from a recent surge in imports.
Import restrictions will be issued on stone leeks, fresh shiitake and tatami straw for 200 days beginning April 23.
When imports of the three products exceed the average import quantities over the past three years, the tariffs will rise exponentially to fill the price gap between expensive domestic produce and economical imported products.