Area of certified organic orchards Japan 2013-2022
and tea plantations, which until 2017 were included in this statistic, which in turn explains the drop of about one thousand hectares in 2018.
Orchards only accounted for a small share of certified organic farmland in Japan.
In 2022, the area of certified organic orchards in Japan amounted to approximately 604 hectares. Figures continued to increase steadily throughout the past decade for both organic orchards Orchards only accounted for a small share of certified organic farmland in Japan.