In 2023, frozen surimi production in Japan's Hokkaido region fell by 30%, with the five main facilities producing only 7,100 metric tons. The end-of-year inventory was 892 metric tons, primarily composed of Alaska pollock. This continues a trend of declining domestic pollock surimi production in Japan, particularly in Hokkaido, which has been ongoing since the 1990s and hit a record low in 2018 with 29,600 metric tons.
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Frozen surimi production in Japan's Hokkaido production region fell by 30 percent last year, according to new figures from the National Surimi Association. Surimi production from the region's five key production facilities fell to 7,100 metric tons in 2023. Surimi inventory in Hokkaido at year's end was 892 metric tons, the majority of it being surimi made from Alaska pollock. Japan’s domestic pollock surimi production, concentrated in ...
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