今日のテキスト DRIED BONITO FACTORY IN FRANCE

Japanese food continues to make inroads in Europe. Several companies have set up a factory in France for producing dried bonito, which is an essential ingredient in Japanese cuisine.
The group of fish-processing firms from Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, started the project three years ago. Their new factory is in the French port town of Concarneau.
Strict EU regulations and high transport costs make it difficult to export Japanese-produced dried bonito to Europe, so the companies have turned to local production. The factory employs six French workers, who have been trained for every step of production.
The factory produces 200 kilograms of the product a day. It will be sold in France and other European countries.