WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
December 8-18, 2003
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. 
Exchange rates are: 107-108 yen = U.S.$1.00 
for December 8-18, 2003.

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Species/       Sales   Origin                 Price range (yen/kg)
Date of sale   volume                          High  Average  Low 
(Month/date)
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh
12/18      39 fish     Croatia                   2,500-2,013-1,800
12/18      18 fish     Greece                    3,800-2,178-1,000
12/18       1 fish     Italy                                 3,100
12/15      23 fish     Malta                     2,300-2,250-2,200
12/18      14 fish     Mexico                    2,500-2,133-1,900
12/16       5 fish     New York                  4,000-3,400-2,500
12/18      41 fish     Spain                     3,100-2,692-2,000
12/18       8 fish     Turkey                    2,200-2,084-2,000

BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
12/11       6 fish     Cebu                      2,200-1,550-  700
12/09       4 fish     Fiji                      1,200-1,100-1,000
12/13      13 fish     Guam                      2,000-1,038-  700
12/18       7 fish     Indonesia                 2,000-1,325-1,000
12/18       8 fish     Jakarta                   1,600-1,071-  700
12/18      22 fish     Maldive                   2,500-1,548-1,000
12/09      10 fish     New Caledonia             1,300-1,100-1,000
12/16       7 fish     New Zealand               3,200-2,050-1,000
12/18       8 fish     Ponape                    2,500-1,750-1,000
12/12       4 fish     Puket                     1,300-1,050-  700
12/18      12 fish     Sri Lanka                 2,200-1,689-1,200
12/17      20 fish     Taiwan                    1,800-1,408-  800
12/09       5 fish     Viet Nam                  1,400-1,100-1,000

YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
12/18       2 fish     Australia                             1,000
12/08       4 fish     Cebu                      1,000-  700-  400

SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
12/18    113 trays   Alaska                      2,800-2,600/tray*
12/18    168 trays   Canada                      1,700-  400/tray*
12/18    105 trays   Chile                             1,200/tray*
12/18  1,103 trays   China                         1,500-600/tray*
12/13     80 trays   Korea, North                1,500-1,400/tray*
12/18  1,130 trays   U.S.A.***                   4,800-1,900/tray*
12/18      Japan (white)                       16,000-1,700/tray**
12/18      Japan (red)                          6,600-1,000/tray**

            *(tray=280-350 grams in net weight)
           **(tray=150-450 grams in net weight)
           *** excluding Alaska

ALASKA POLLOCK ROE, salted, processed
 Japan     Frozen    Grade 1  Small                          3,000
                              Medium                         4,000
                     Grade 2  Small                          1,800
                              Medium                         2,500

HERRING ROE, salted
      Canada         Large                             5,000-4,800
                     Medium                            4,500-4,300
                     Small                             4,000-3,700
 Bristol Bay         Large                             3,500-3,200
 San Francisco       Large                                        
                     Medium                            3,400-3,000
                     Small                             3,300-3,000

HERRING ROE ON KELP
           Alaska                                      3,500-3,300

SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), salted
 Sockeye salmon sujiko, Kenai
                     Grade 1                           3,000-2,800
                     Grade 2                           2,600-2,400
                     Grade 3                           2,200-2,000
 Sockeye salmon sujiko, Bristol Bay
                     Grade 1                           2,300-2,200
                     Grade 2                           1,900-1,800
                     Grade 3                           1,500-1,400
 Pink salmon sujiko, SE & PWS
                     Grade 1                           1,700-1,500
                     Grade 2                           1,400-1,200
                     Grade 3                           1,100-  900
 Salmon-trout sujiko, Denmark
                     Grade 1                           3,800-3,600
                     Grade 2                           3,400-3,200
                     Grade 3                           3,000-2,800
 Salmon-trout sujiko, Finland
                     Grade 1                                 3,300

SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
      Japan, Hokkaido & Sanriku                        3,400-3,200
      North America, SE                                2,500-2,400
      North America, CA                    2,500-2,400 2,100-2,000

SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), Marinated with soy sauce
      Russian roe                          2,500-2,400 2,600-2,300

SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
      Japan, Hokkaido                      2,500-2,400 3,000-2,500

SALMON
 Sockeye salmon, dressed, IQF, Bristol Bay
           2-4 lbs/fish                        2,500-2,400 500-480
           4-6 lbs/fish                        2,500-2,400 530-520
           6-9 lbs/fish                        2,500-2,400 540-520
 Sockeye salmon, dressed, IQF, Cook Inlet
           2-4 lbs/fish                        2,500-2,400 580-550
           4-6 lbs/fish                        2,500-2,400 620-580
           6-9 lbs/fish                        2,500-2,400 620-580
 Coho salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
           2-4 lbs/fish                        2,500-2,400 460-450
           4-6 lbs/fish                        2,500-2,400 480-470
           6-9 lbs/fish                        2,500-2,400 450-440
 Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Chile
           2-4 lbs/fish                        2,500-2,400 470-450
           4-6 lbs/fish                        2,500-2,400 470-450
           6-9 lbs/fish                        2,500-2,400 480-470
 Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Europe
           1.8-2.7 kg/fish                                 480-460
           2.7-3.6 kg/fish                                 490-470
 Atlantic salmon, frozen, dressed, Norway
           3-4 kg/fish                         2,500-2,400 520-480
           4-5 kg/fish                         2,500-2,400 560-500
           5-6 kg/fish                         2,500-2,400 600-550
 Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Norway
           4-5 kg/fish                         2,500-2,400 850-750
 Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Scotland
           4-5 kg/fish                         2,500-2,400 850-750
 Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Canada
           5-6 kg/fish                         2,500-2,400 850-750
 King salmon, frozen, farm, New Zealand
           4-6 lbs/fish                        2,500-2,400 600-550
           6-11 lbs/fish                                   600-550
 King salmon, frozen, farm, Canada
           4-6 lbs/fish                        2,500-2,400 600-550
           6-11 lbs/fish                                   600-550

ABALONE, live
 Japan     Kuro (Kyushu)
           Ezo:  Over 300 gm                                 9,500
                About 200 gm                           8,500-8,000
                 150- 200 gm                           8,000-7,000
                 100- 150 gm                           7,000-6,000
           Tokobushi                       2,500-2,400 3,000-2,500
 Australia                                 2,500-2,400 6,000-5,500
 South Africa                              2,500-2,400 6,000-5,500
 Taiwan    Tokobushi                       2,500-2,400 2,500-2,000
SARDINE, fresh, large
 Japan                                        2,500-2,400 800- 700

SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed
 Alaska/        Over 7 lbs/fish                        1,450-1,380
 Canada         5-7 lbs/fish                           1,400-1,320
                4-5 lbs/fish                           1,280-1,250
                3-4 lbs/fish                           1,250-1,180
                2-3 lbs/fish                           1,130-1,120
                1-2 lbs/fish                           1,000-  980

 SNOW CRAB (TANNER CRAG), C. bairdi, section with claw,
      cooked, frozen, shrink-pack, 5 kg-carton, Alaska
      5 L                                  2,500-2,400 2,450-2,100
      4 L                                  2,500-2,400 2,200-1,800

ROCK SOLE, frozen, with roe
      L (800-600 grams/fish)                               500-480
      M (600-400 grams/fish)                                   480
      S (400-200 grams/fish)                                   480

ROCK SOLE, frozen, without roe
      L (800-600 grams/fish)                               240-230
      M (600-400 grams/fish)                                   240
      S (400-200 grams/fish)                                       

SURIMI, frozen
          Ship-processed, SA                                   450
          Ship-processed, FA                                   400
          Land-processed                                       320

FLOUNDER, fresh
          Japan                                        4,000-2,000
          U.S.A.                                       2,000-1,500

SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh
          Japan         4-2 kg/fish                      1,300-900
                        7-3 kg/fish                      1,500-900

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