AVERAGE EXVESSEL PRICES AND SALES VOLUME AT MAJOR LANDING PORTS IN JAPAN
October 2006
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                             October                  January - October
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                     Metric Tons   Yen/kg           Metric Tons   Yen/kg
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Fresh:                                                                
 Bluefin tuna                 14    1,912                 2,881    1,695
 Albacore tuna               389      618                22,305      344
 Bigeye tuna               1,544    1,308                11,771      788
 Yellowfin tuna              267      833                 8,177      624
 Striped marlin              133      601                 1,467      455
 Swordfish                   652      716                 4,413      813
 Skipjack tuna             3,828      356                77,063      232
 Japanese sardine          1,446      196                35,886      113
 Round herring             1,995       65                14,251       68
 Anchovy                   1,864       41               117,380       32
 Jack mackerel             9,765      123                91,343      189
 Mackerel-scad             1,218      121                14,993       93
 Pacific mackerel         91,668       73               391,138       61
 Saury                    84,063       46               174,109       72
 Cod                       2,297      365                27,710      246
 Pollock                  12,083       69                83,698       84
 Atka mackerel             6,856       73                50,928       59
 Japanese flying squid     7,458      279                30,482      234
 Flying squid                  5      154                    14      113
 Yellowtail                4 873      233                19,356      363
 Flatfish                  1,045      406                10,020      392
 Sea bream                   457      933                 4,973      852
 Tanner crab                   1      244                   367      310
 Octopus                     599      377                 5,239      447
 
Frozen:                                                                 
 Bluefin tuna                129    2,256                   934    1,921
 Albacore tuna               398      282                 8,160      309
 Bigeye tuna               1,937      766                16,633      720
 Yellowfin tuna            3,613      324                23,846      323
 Striped marlin                0      700                    12      336
 Swordfish                     -        -                     0      656
 Skipjack tuna            13,179      155               189,245      130
 Pollock                       -        -                 6,878      129
 Japanese flying                                                        
  squid:                                                                
  Distant water              541      213                 6,069      202
  Coastal                 10,297      266                36,784      245
 Flying squid              4,098       89                44,303      131
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0 ... more than zero but less than 0.5 metic ton
- ... zero
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu

12/10/2013


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