Scallop Producers Consider Shifting Processing to Mexico in Response to China Ban

Japanese Scallop Exports (Value)

Japanese Scallop Exports (Volume)

Seafood workers shuck Japanese scallops in February 2024 in Ensenada, Mexico. (Courtesy JETRO)

The first trial batch of Japanese scallops processed in Ensenada in February 2024. (Courtesy JETRO)

The Japanese seafood industry mission visits Ensenada, Mexico, in March 2024. (Courtesy JETRO)

Baja California Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Alma Rosa García Juárez being interviewed in Tokyo in June. (© Nippon.com)

Buyers at a JETRO event in Los Angeles sample Japanese scallops in March 2024. (Courtesy JETRO)