Japanese scallops seek to diversify export markets

Since August last year, Japan has been keen to diversify its scallop export markets. China used to be Japan's largest scallop export market, but due to the Fukushima nuclear power plant wastewater treatment problem, China imposed a ban and Japan has not exported scallops to China since September last year. The export price of Japanese raw frozen shell scallops averaged 225 yen per kilogram in May, and the price has risen month-on-month for two consecutive months since it bottomed out at 155 yen in March. Japan's exports of whole shell scallops to Vietnam in May were 1,911 tons, up 831% year-on-year, and the average export price was 245 yen per kilogram, down 52% year-on-year, but 75% higher than March and April. Exports to Thailand in May were 1,201 tons, compared with zero in the same period of the previous year, which exceeded ...