Japanese Scallop
冷凍ホタテ貝柱Hokkaido adductor from the Okhotsk fishery, graded by count. The only line with a live conversation and a public price series to check it against.
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: 5 of 6. We answer six questions about every line before we sell it: supply, cost, price, regulatory, buyers, margin. This one has 5 of them answered.
| Detail | What we state |
|---|---|
| Species | Patinopecten yessoensis |
| Fishery | Okhotsk coast, Hokkaido |
| Form | Adductor muscle, individually quick frozen, no additives |
| Grades | 2L at 8 to 10 per lb down to 5S at 28 to 36 |
| Storage | Minus 18 C or below |
| Customs heading | 0307.22, 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 | Okhotsk landings reached 113,431 tonnes by end July 2026, down 22 percent and the second consecutive fall. Frozen adductor exports are down 14 percent while total scallop exports rose 28 percent. |
| Cost | Not answered. No producer has quoted. The 37 USD per kg in the meeting is an assumption, not a quote. |
| Price | Japan to the US averaged 7,657 JPY per kg in H1 2026. All destinations 5,005. Tokyo wholesale 3S 7,000 to 7,100, M 8,200, S and L 8,500. |
| Regulatory | United States 12.5 percent. The customs duty on 0307.22.00.00 is Free, and the Section 301 forced labour action in force since 24 July 2026 lifts any Japanese line below 12.5 percent up to it. European Union 8 percent nominal, removed under the Japan EPA where the rules of origin are met. |
| Buyers | One Italian conversation at about 4,000 kg with the possibility of monthly repeats. No specification confirmed. |
| Margin | Checked, and it does not hold. 43 USD per kg is below Tokyo wholesale for the smallest export grade and 5.70 under the Japan to US average. |
The things that turn a good price into a bad one.
Glaze
A twenty percent glaze on a forty three dollar price is really fifty four dollars for the meat.
The count
Guaranteed or nominal. In writing.
A rising market
Two years of falling catch and record prices. Never fix a sell price for monthly repeats against a floating buy price.
What we would need to quote this properly.
- Which grade the 4,000 kg is
- What trade basis the price is on
- What the 37 USD includes
Sources
- Japan trade statistics H1 2026
- Tokyo primary wholesaler quotations
- Hokkaido Okhotsk landings 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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