AVERAGE EXVESSEL PRICES AND SALES VOLUME AT MAJOR LANDING PORTS IN JAPAN
MAY 2006 
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                               May                        January - May   
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                     Metric Tons   Yen/kg           Metric Tons   Yen/kg
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Fresh:                                       
 Bluefin tuna                206    2,810                   349    4,056
 Albacore tuna             2,216      322                11,399      368
 Bigeye tuna               1,785      479                 3,987      767 
 Yellowfin tuna            1,442      558                 3,632      658
 Striped marlin               96      645                   284      892 
 Swordfish                   319      835                 2,513      860 
 Skipjack tuna             5,761      505                10,765      508   
 Japanese sardine            104      189                 2,118      120 
 Round herring               687      100                 4,945       82
 Anchovy                  13,853       33                77,940       30
 Jack mackerel            10,762      230                50,160      162 
 Mackerel-scad               622       86                10,391       88 
 Pacific mackerel         28,255       49               135,115       60
 Saury                         4      259                   171       42
 Cod                       3,591      165                19,233      244 
 Pollock                   8,264       83                42,760      101
 Atka mackerel             5,657       69                30,896       47
 Japanese flying squid       652      261                 4,153      272
 Flying squid                  -        -                     0       59  
 Yellowtail                2,239      327                 9,375      412  
 Flatfish                  1,656      328                 5,687      410 
 Sea bream                   547      805                 2,821      810 
 Tanner crab                 215      281                   298      316 
 Octopus                     553      481                 2,226      441
 
Frozen:                                                                 
 Bluefin tuna                  -        -                   457    1,715 
 Albacore tuna               121      410                   537      325
 Bigeye tuna               1,178      770                 7,451      658
 Yellowfin tuna            1,706      262                 9,504      267
 Striped marlin                0      234                     3      570 
 Swordfish                     -        -                     0      656 
 Skipjack tuna            23,542      140                96,937      131
 Pollock                       -        -                 6,878      129 
 Japanese flying                                                        
  squid:                                                                
  Distant water            1,194      135                 1,194      135 
  Coastal                      -        -                 1,342      271 
 Flying squid              2,999      108                26,043      155 
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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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