Ibicuruzwa by’icyayi kibisi byoherezwa mu mahanga mu Buyapani byageze ku rwego rwo hejuru mu myaka irenga 70 ishize.

Tokyo — Ibicuruzwa by’icyayi kibisi byoherezwa mu mahanga mu Buyapani byageze ku rwego rwo hejuru mu myaka irenga 70 mu mezi 10 ya mbere y’uyu mwaka, byazamuwe n’isoko ry’ifu ya matcha mu mahanga ririmo kwiyongera ndetse n’agaciro ka yen kagabanuka, nk’uko byagaragajwe n’amakuru ya leta n’inganda.
Kuva muri Mutarama kugeza mu Ukwakira uyu mwaka, icyayi cyoherezwa mu mahanga cyiyongereyeho 44% ugereranije n’igihe nk’icyo mu mwaka ushize, kigera kuri toni 10.084. Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika ni zo zoherejwe mu mahanga cyane, aho ibicuruzwa byatumijwe mu mahanga byageze kuri toni 3.497 mu mezi 10 ya mbere, hagakurikiraho Tayiwani, Tayilande n’Ubudage.
Icyayi kibisi cyoherezwa mu mahanga cyariyongereye mu myaka icyenda yikurikiranya, bigaragaza ko ibiryo by’Abayapani bikunzwe cyane n’abaguzi bo mu mahanga bita ku buzima.
Nubwo ibicuruzwa byo mu mahanga byazamutse, ibicuruzwa bicuruzwa buri mwaka biracyari munsi ya toni 10.000 kuva aho byageze kuri toni 11.553 mu 1954, bitewe nuko icyayi cy’Abashinwa cyakunzwe cyane.
Nubwo mu Buyapani hakenewe icyayi kibisi mu gihugu, ibiciro by'icyayi byazamutse mu myaka yashize bitewe n'uko umusaruro wagabanutse.
Mu 2024, umusaruro w'icyayi mu Buyapani wageraga kuri toni zigera ku 74.000, wagabanutseho 10% ugereranyije n'imyaka icumi ishize, bitewe no kugabanuka kw'ibyifuzo bya sencha (icyayi gitetse) n'abaturage bakuze mu buhinzi.
Nk’uko bivugwa n’ikoperative y’ubuhinzi mu majyepfo y’uburengerazuba bwa Kagoshima, akarere gakomeye gatunganya icyayi mu Buyapani, icyayi cyakozwe hagati y’Ukwakira n’Ugushyingo (ubusanzwe gikoreshwa mu kunywa icyayi kiri mu macupa) kiri kugurishwa arenga yen 2,500 (amadolari 16 y’Amerika) kuri kilo, inshuro esheshatu ugereranyije n’igihe nk’icyo umwaka ushize.