WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
November 4-15, 2004
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. 
Exchange rates are: 105-107 yen = U.S.$1.00 
for November 4-15, 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
11/08   7 fish          Boston      4,400-3,640-3,000
11/04   8 fish          Canada      6,000-4,650-2,900
11/15   1 fish          Italy                   4,200
11/15   2 fish          Malta       4,300-4,250-4,200
11/15 118 fish          Mexico      2,800-2,021-1,800
11/15   6 fish          Spain       5,000-4,433-3,800
11/15 25 fish          Turkey       3,800-2,956-2,300
 
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
11/15 40 fish          Australia    1,500-  974-  700
11/15   7 fish          Bali        1,200-  900-  700
11/15   2 fish          Indonesia   1,700-1,500-1,300
11/09 23 fish          Jakarta      1,300-1,050-  800
11/11 10 fish          New York     3,500-2,825-2,300
11/04   4 fish          Sri Lanka   1,000-  850-  800
11/15 15 fish          Taiwan       1,400-1,000-  800
 
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
11/08 7  fish          Australia   1,700-1,275-  900
11/06 1  fish          Marshall Is.      1,200
 
SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
11/15    42 trays Canada               850- 650/tray*
11/15    28 trays China                     500/tray*
11/15 3,070 trays U.S.A.***          8,000- 700/tray*
11/15       Japan (white)          13,500-1,050/tray**
11/15       Japan (red)            11,000-  550/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     3,800-3,700
                              No.2     3,400-3,300
                              No.3     3,000-2,900
 
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
            Japan, Hokkaido            3,100-3,000
            North America, SE, No.1    2,600-2,500
            North America, PWS, No.1   2,300-2,200
 
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             500-460
                  4-6 lbs/fish             550-540
                  6-9 lbs/fish             600-580
      Sockeye salmon, dressed, frozen, False Pass
                  2-4 lbs/fish             520-500
                  4-6 lbs/fish             640-620
                  6-9 lbs/fish             660-640
      Sockeye salmon, dressed, frozen, Cook Inlet
                  2-4 lbs/fish      
                  4-6 lbs/fish             620-600
                  6-9 lbs/fish             670-650
 
      Coho salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
                  2-4 lbs/fish             440-420
                  4-6 lbs/fish             480-460
                  6-9 lbs/fish             480-460
 
      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              900-800
      Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Scotland
                  4-5 kg/fish              850-750
      Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Canada
                  5-6 kg/fish              850-750
 
ABALONE, live
      Japan Kuro (Bohshu)     
                  Kuro (Kyushu)       10,000-9,500
                  Ezo:  Over 300 gm         11,000
                        About 200 gm 11,000-10,000
                         150- 200 gm   9,500-8,000
                         100- 150 gm        10,000
                  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                               800- 700
 
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                         4,000-2,000
            China                         1,500-  700
            Korea, North            
            U.S.A.                        1,600-1,000
 
SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh
            Japan       Large               1,500-400
                              Medium        1,100-400
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CONTACT:  Sunee C. Sonu

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