2026-02-17
Japan export data show shift in scallop processing
Japan’s 2025 trade data show frozen scallop exports rebounded in value despite China’s import ban, with Vietnam emerging as a major processing hub.
Japan’s 2025 trade data show frozen scallop exports rebounded in value despite China’s import ban, with Vietnam emerging as a major processing hub.
Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture-based Fujidenolo will exhibit its in-development “Comilu for K-Value” freshness sensor at the 23rd Seafood Show Osaka, extending the company’s microchip-based work on histamine and freshness measurement for seafood quality control.
Hiroshima Prefecture has launched an expert panel to investigate widespread oyster die-offs, amid concerns over future harvests and the resilience of Japan’s largest oyster-producing region.
Data from: March 9, 2026
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| Product name |
Quantity
sold
|
Origin | Notes | High |
Avg.
(¥/Kg)
|
Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bluefin tuna (fresh) まぐろ（生鮮） | 30,109 | Fukushima | － | 16,200 | 8,880 | 3,240 |
Bluefin tuna (fresh) | － | Various sources | － | 10,800 | － | 3,456 |
Bluefin tuna (fresh) | － | Foreign | － | － | － | － |
Bluefin tuna (fresh) | － | Domestic & foreign | － | － | － | － |
Bluefin tuna (fresh) | － | Various sources | － | － | － | － |
Bluefin tuna (frozen) まぐろ（冷凍） | 12,650 | Domestic & foreign | － | 4,860 | 3,892 | 2,916 |
Yellowfin tuna (fresh) きわだ（生鮮） | 1,684 | Domestic & foreign | － | － | － | － |
Yellowfin tuna (frozen) きわだ（冷凍） | 2,646 | Domestic & foreign | － | 1,728 | 1,177 | 972 |
Bigeye tuna (fresh) めばち（生鮮） | 797 | Wakayama | － | 5,508 | 2,513 | 2,160 |
Bigeye tuna (fresh) | － | Various sources | － | － | － | － |
Bigeye tuna (fresh) | － | Foreign | － | － | － | － |
Bigeye tuna (fresh) | － | Domestic & foreign | － | － | － | － |
Bigeye tuna (frozen) めばち（冷凍） | 37,621 | Domestic & foreign | － | 2,484 | 1,474 | 1,188 |
Southern bluefin tuna (frozen) いんど（冷凍） | 14,061 | Domestic & foreign | － | 3,888 | 2,054 | 972 |
Striped marlin (frozen) まかじき（冷凍） | 186 | Domestic & foreign | － | － | － | － |
Swordfish (fresh) めかじき（生鮮） | 2,468 | Various sources | － | 2,160 | 2,052 | 1,944 |
Swordfish (fresh) | － | Foreign | － | － | － | － |
Swordfish (fresh) | － | Domestic & foreign | － | － | － | － |
Swordfish (frozen) めかじき（冷凍） | 3,236 | Domestic & foreign | Fillet | 1,944 | 1,447 | 1,188 |
Other large fish (frozen) その他（大物冷） | 2,369 | － | － | － | － | － |
| Subtotal: 107,827 | ||||||
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