Traded products
The same fish, six different products
A species page tells you what the fish is. This is what is actually traded — the forms, trims and size bands a supplier quotes against, each with the specification fields that decide the price and the mistake that most often turns into a claim.
HS 0302.14
Fresh HOG salmon, superior grade
The standard export form, and the one where the size band matters more than anything written above it.
Open specificationHS 0304.41
Salmon fillet, trim D
The workhorse of retail and food service. Closely trimmed, and the specification most buyers mean when they say “fillet” — with pin bone status stated separately.
Open specificationHS 0304.41
Salmon fillet, trim E
Fully trimmed and skinless. The highest yield loss in the plant and the lowest waste in the kitchen.
Open specificationHS 0304.81
Salmon portions, fixed weight
The entry product for any market where the cold chain is still being built. Long shelf life is the specification, not a bonus.
Open specificationHS 0303.13
Frozen HOG salmon, reprocessing raw material
Bought on yield per kilo, not on appearance. Single-frozen or double-frozen is the whole negotiation.
Open specificationHS 0304.41
Salmon loin, sashimi specification
The highest specification we handle, and the one where the buyer rejects on colour and fat before anything else is discussed.
Open specificationWhat decides the price, and what becomes a claim
Two offers on the same species can differ substantially without either being wrong. Weight basis is the usual reason: net or gross, glazed or deglazed. Trim level and pin bone status are separate specifications, so a trim D fillet with pin bones left in is a different product from one without, and grade is a third axis again — superior, ordinary and production are three products at three prices.
The same fields decide who carries a claim. A downgrade from melanin, wounds or gaping, a size band that arrives one class under, a core temperature recorded too high on arrival: each is a dispute about a specification that was either written down before the shipment or argued about after it. Every product page lists the fields that have to be agreed in writing, including the one that is most often left out.