WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
November 18-29, 2004
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. 
Exchange rates are: 103-104 yen = U.S.$1.00 
for November 18-29, 2004.

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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
11/26       2 fish     Croatia                   3,500-3,000-2,500
11/29       4 fish     Greece                    4,000-3,700-3,000
11/26       4 fish     Malta                     3,300-3,200-3,000
11/27      54 fish     Mexico                    2,300-2,072-1,800
11/29       4 fish     New York                  6,500-4,775-3,800
11/29      29 fish     Spain                     4,800-3,408-3,000
11/29      35 fish     Turkey                    3,000-2,465-2,200

BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
11/29      25 fish     Bali                      2,000-1,294-  500
11/26       7 fish     Guam                      1,800-1,340-  800
11/27      15 fish     Indonesia                 1,700-1,150-  800
11/29      13 fish     Jakarta                   1,000-  850-  700
11/27      10 fish     Maldive                   1,500-1,225-1,100
11/29      10 fish     Marshall Is.                          1,300
11/29       2 fish     New York                  4,500-2,200-2,000
11/29      12 fish     New Zealand               2,000-1,333-1,100
11/27      25 fish     Ponape                    1,900-1,203-  700
11/26       4 fish     Puket                     1,500-1,200-  700
11/18       4 fish     Sri Lanka                 1,400-1,200-1,000
11/29      17 fish     Taiwan                    1,300-1,166-1,000
 
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
11/22      20 fish     Palau                                   700
11/25       1 fish     Viet Nam                              1,500

SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
11/29        66 trays   Canada                      700-  300/tray*
11/29       168 trays   China                       500-  300/tray*
11/29     2,473 trays   U.S.A.***                 7,000-  500/tray*
11/29          Japan (white)                     16,000- 850/tray**
11/29          Japan (red)                       11,000- 450/tray**
                *(tray=250-350 grams in net weight)
               **(tray=150-400 grams in net weight)
               *** excluding Alaska

ALASKA POLLOCK ROE, salted, processed
     Japan     Frozen   No.1  Small                           3,000
                              Medium                          4,000
                        No.2  Small                           1,800
                              Medium                          2,500

HERRING ROE, salted
     Canada (box-pack)        Medium                          4,000
                              Small                           3,800
     Bristol Bay (pail-pack) Large                            2,000
     San Francisco /
          Canada (pail-pack) Medium                     3,800-3,500
                              Small                           3,200

HERRING ROE ON KELP
               Alaska                                   3,500-2,500

SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), salted
     Sockeye salmon sujiko, Bristol Bay
                        No.1                            2,200-2,100
                        No.2                            1,800-1,700
                        No.3                            1,400-1,300
     Pink salmon sujiko, SE/Kodiak
                        No.1                            1,800-1,600
                        No.2                            1,500-1,300
                        No.3                            1,200-1,000
     Salmon-trout sujiko, Denmark
                        No.1                                  3,400
                        No.2                                  3,200
                        No.3                                  2,600

SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
          Japan, Hokkaido                               3,000-2,800
          North America, SE, No.1                       2,600-2,500

SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), Marinated with soy sauce
          Russian roe                                   2,200-2,000

SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
          Japan, Hokkaido                               3,200-3,000

SALMON
     Sockeye salmon, dressed, IQF, Bristol Bay
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 530-520
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 620-600
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 630-610
     Sockeye salmon, dressed, frozen, False Pass
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 540-520
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 660-640
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 700-660
     Sockeye salmon, dressed, frozen, Cook Inlet
               2-4 lbs/fish                                        
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 650-620
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 700-670

     Coho salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 420-410
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 460-450
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 470-460

     Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Chile
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 470-450
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 530-520
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 550-530
     Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Norway
               1.8-2.7 kg/fish                              530-520
               2.7-3.6 kg/fish                              550-530

     Atlantic salmon, frozen, dressed, Norway
               5-6 kg/fish                                  620-580
     Atlantic salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
               4-5 kg/fish                                  520-480

     Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Norway
               3-4 kg/fish                                  800-700
     Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Tasmania
               4-5 kg/fish                                  850-800
     Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Canada
               5-6 kg/fish                                  800-700

ABALONE, live
     Japan     Kuro (Bohshu)                           10,000-9,500
               Kuro (Kyushu)                            7,500-7,000
               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                                3,000-2,500
     Australia                                          6,000-5,500
     South Africa                                       6,000-5,500
     Taiwan    Tokobushi                                2,500-2,000

SARDINE, fresh, large
     Japan                                                 900- 400

SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed
     Alaska/        Over 7 lbs/fish                     1,350-1,330
     Canada         5-7 lbs/fish                        1,280-1,230
                    4-5 lbs/fish                        1,170-1,130
                    3-4 lbs/fish                        1,050-1,020
                    2-3 lbs/fish                          970-  950
                    1-2 lbs/fish                          870-  850

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

ROCK SOLE, frozen, with roe                                        
          L (800-600 grams/fish)                            400-340
          M (600-400 grams/fish)                            400-340
          S (400-200 grams/fish)                            400-340

ROCK SOLE, frozen, without roe
          L (800-600 grams/fish)                            260-230
          M (600-400 grams/fish)                            260-240
          S (400-200 grams/fish)                                   

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

FLOUNDER, fresh
          Japan                                         4,000-3,500
          China                                                    
          Korea, North                                             
          U.S.A.                                         1,300- 700

SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh
          Japan         Large                             1,500-600
                        Medium                            1,100-700
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12/10/13


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