Japanese Hamachi
ブリ・ハマチJapanese amberjack, farmed in Kagoshima and Nagasaki. The other half of Japan's seafood trade with the United States, so the buyer is the scallop buyer.
Specification, not suggestion.
Everything on this page is either a published figure with a source or a gap we have written down. Nothing is a guess dressed as a fact.
Readiness: 4 of 6. We answer six questions about every line before we sell it: supply, cost, price, regulatory, buyers, margin. This one has 4 of them answered.
| Detail | What we state |
|---|---|
| Species | Seriola quinqueradiata |
| Production | Farmed, Kagoshima and Nagasaki |
| Form | Fillet or loin, frozen or chilled |
| Cut | US buyers take a larger fillet than Japan or the EU |
| Season | Farmed, so year round, with a winter peak for wild buri |
| Customs heading | 0304.89, to be confirmed by your broker |
What we know, and what we do not.
Most suppliers answer the first three and let you discover the other three after you have ordered. All six are here, including the ones where the honest answer is that nobody has looked yet.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Supply | Exports fell 9 percent to 33,752 tonnes in 2025 while export value rose 27 percent to 52.775 billion yen. Farmed in the south because the species is cold sensitive, so supply is a production decision rather than a catch. |
| Cost | Not answered. No producer has quoted. |
| Price | Implied average export unit value is roughly 1,563 JPY per kg across all forms, which is a blend of round fish and fillet and should not be read as a fillet price. US retail runs 20 to 25 USD per lb and upward. |
| Regulatory | Seafood, so the same family as the scallop: FDA facility registration, prior notice, seafood HACCP, and the US tariff position checked before every offer. To be confirmed per form. |
| Buyers | The same US seafood desks that buy the scallop. One useful specification fact: US buyers prefer a LARGER fillet than Japanese or EU buyers. |
| Margin | Not computed. Needs a producer quote and a confirmed trim specification. |
The things that turn a good price into a bad one.
Trim
Fillet, loin and saku are three different products. Agree which, with the trim, before a price means anything.
Volume against value
Export volume fell 9 percent while value rose 27 percent. The market is paying more for less, which is a seller's market.
Chilled or frozen
Chilled is air only and short lived. Frozen shares a container. They are different trades.
What we would need to quote this properly.
- A producer quote
- The trim specification
- Chilled or frozen
Sources
- Japan seafood export statistics 2025
- US market reporting
What leaves Japan this month.
Once a month: the prices that moved, the reason they moved, and what we can allocate before it is spoken for. Written for people who buy, by the people doing the buying.
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