JETRO Struggles to Expand Scallop Supply Chain in US
The Japan External Trade Organization, or JETRO, struggles to build a new supply chain for Japanese scallops in the United States that involves processing in Mexico, people familiar with the matter said Sunday.
Steep tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump left prospects for the project uncertain, apparently making businesses reluctant to invest in it.
The United States previously imported Japanese scallops after processing in China, which was their main export destination.
But Beijing imposed a ban on imports of Japanese fisheries products in August 2023, when Japan's crippled Fukushima...
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