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Sales of raw material of seafood has been the core business of Matsuoka Co., Ltd. since our establishment. We import seafood from all over the world and sell them throughout Japan. We also process raw material we purchased in China or Southeast Asian countries, then import finished products into Japan.

Major import items

Surimi

Raw materials for fish cake and crab sticks. We import surimi of Alaska pollock from the USA and Russia, and surimi of golden threadfin bream, lizardfishes, and beltfish from India, then sell them to manufacturers all over Japan.

  • Major countries of origin : The USA, Russia, India
  • Operation team : Head office sales team(Surimi group)

Pollock roe

Raw material for salted and seasoned Alaska pollock roe whichi is called TARAKO and KARASHI-MENTAIKO in Japanese. We purchase the raw material frozen on the vessels catching in Bering Sea directly.

  • Major countries of origin : The USA, Russia
  • Operation team : Head office sales team(Pollock roe group)

Farmed tuna

Bluefin tuna and Southern bluefin tuna farmed raised in the beautiful waters of the Mediterranean Sea and South of Australia. Quickly frozen to ultra-low temperature at the farming site for sales in Japan.

  • Major countries of origin : Australia, Tunisia Etc.
  • Operation team : Head office sales team(Tuna group)

Octopus

We deal with frozen raw octopus from West Africa for the material of boiled octopus, and also boiled and cut octopus from Vietnum,

  • Major countries of origin : Morocco, Mauritania, China
  • Operation team : Head office sales team(Octopus group)

Crab

Mainly Russian red king crab and snow crab.

  • Major countries of origin : Russia
  • Operation team : Head office sales team(Crab group)

Salmon

There are wild ones caught in Alaska, Russia, and farmed ones in Chile, Norway, Canada, etc. We mainly handle wild sockeye salmon caught in Alaska and Russia and farm-raised coho salmon from Chile.

  • Major countries of origin : Chile, Alaska, Russia
  • Operation team : Salmon team

Shrimps

We mainly deal with raw materials such as shell-on shrimps (both wild and farm-raised) from India, ASEAN countries, Central and South America. Besides, we are also increasing the volume of processed shrimp products to accommodate requests from our customer.

  • Major countries of origin : India, Myanmer, Indonesia, Argentina Etc.
  • Operation team : Shrimp and processed eel team

Roasted eel

We are purchasing from China. Our main item is the roasted eel for super markets, as well as sliced one for sushi restaurants.

  • Major countries of origin : China
  • Operation team : Shrimp and processed eel team

Squid

Squid caught in the South Pacific and South Atlantic is cut and sorted into parts of body for quick freezing. We handle illex squid in North Atlantic certified by MSC as well. Grilled squid, dried and shredded squid are popular items as snaks. Also, tempura and fries of squid are big parts of our dining table.

  • Major countries of origin : Chile, Peru, The USA Etc.
  • Operation team : Osaka sales team(Squid group)

Herring and herring roe

We purchase frozen herring during the spawning season of March to May. We send a part of frozen herring we purchased to China, and process salted herring roe there.

  • Major countries of origin
    • Roe herring : The USA, Canada, Netherland Etc.
    • Salted herring roe : Chena
  • Operation team : Osaka sales team(Frozen fish group)

Pacific cod and cod roe

Roe season of Pacific cod is from January to March.

  • Major countries of origin : The USA
  • Operation team : Osaka sales team(Frozen fish group)

Black cod

We purchase black cod caught in the USA and Canada. We handle both frozen at sea product and land frozen one.

  • Major countries of origin : The USA, Canada
  • Operation team : Operation team : Osaka sales team(Frozen fish group)

Greenland halibut

We purchase greenland halibut from Atlantic Ocean, frozen at sea.

  • Major countries of origin : Spain、Germany、Canada
  • Operation team : Operation team : Osaka sales team(Frozen fish group)

Redfish

We handle redfish from both Atlantic and North Pacific, frozen at sea.

  • Major countries of origin : Lithuania, Germany、Spain、Portugal、The USA
  • Operation team : Osaka sales team(Frozen fish group)

Meat and poultry

We purchase frozen chicken (mainly bone less legs) directly from Brazilian producers and sell them to domestic processors and distributers in Japan.

  • Major countries of origin : Brazil
  • Operation team : Osaka sales team(Meat and poultry group)

Vegetables and fruits

We import a wide variety of vegetables and fruits such as onion from various countries, pineapple from Taiwan, tomato from Korea.

  • Major countries of origin : Taiwan, Korea Others
  • Operation team : Osaka sales team(Vegetables and fruits group)

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