WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
June 5-15, 2004
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. 
Exchange rates are: 109-110 yen = U.S.$1.00 
for June 5-15, 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
06/15       4 fish     Italy                     4,100-3,033-2,500
06/14       3 fish     Malta                     4,500-3,533-2,600
06/14       4 fish     New Zealand              13,000-9,000-4,000
06/15       4 fish     Portugal                              3,000
06/15      16 fish     Spain                     6,700-3,700-2,000
06/08       1 fish     Taiwan                                2,000

BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
06/15      73 fish     Australia                 4,000-1,578-  700
06/11       9 fish     Bali                      1,200-1,050-1,000
06/11       3 fish     Cebu                      1,200-1,000-  800
06/11      10 fish     Fiji                      4,500-2,189-1,200
06/11       4 fish     Indonesia                 1,300-1,150-1,000
06/15      24 fish     Maldive                   2,000-1,111-  700
06/10      12 fish     New Caledonia             3,600-1,726-  800
06/15       3 fish     New Zealand               2,500-2,100-1,700
06/14      16 fish     Sri Lanka                 1,700-1,287-1,000
06/14      11 fish     Taiwan                    1,600-1,200-1,000
06/15      12 fish     Viet Nam                  1,300-1,186-1,000

YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
06/12       6 fish     Australia                 2,200-1,633-1,000
06/15      19 fish     Bali                      1,700-1,233-  800

SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
06/14       216 trays   Chile                     1,000-  900/tray*
06/15     1,222 trays   China                     1,900-  400/tray*
06/14       592 trays   U.S.A.***                 8,000-  600/tray*
06/15          Japan (white)                     12,000- 600/tray**
06/15          Japan (red)                        8,000- 500/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                                   3,500-3,300

SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), salted
     Sockeye salmon sujiko, Copper River
                        No.1                            3,300-3,200
                        No.2                            2,900-2,800
                        No.3                            2,500-2,400
     King salmon sujiko, Copper River
                        No.1                            3,200-3,100
                        No.2                            2,800-2,700
                        No.3                            2,400-2,300
     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 & Sanriku                     4,000-3,500
          North America, SE                             2,300-2,200
          North America, CA                             2,100-2,000

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

SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
          Japan, Hokkaido                               3,100-3,000

SALMON
     Sockeye salmon, dressed, IQF, Bristol Bay
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 570-550
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 600-570
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 600-570
     Sockeye salmon, dressed, IQF, Cook Inlet                      
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 600-580
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 650-620
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 650-620
     Coho salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 410-400
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 410-390
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 430-420
     Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Chile
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 450-440
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 460-450
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 460-450
     Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Europe
               1.8-2.7 kg/fish                              470-450
               2.7-3.6 kg/fish                              480-470
     Atlantic salmon, frozen, dressed, Norway
               3-4 kg/fish                                  520-480
               4-5 kg/fish                                  560-500
               5-6 kg/fish                                  600-550
     Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Norway
               4-5 kg/fish                                  850-750
     Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Canada
               5-6 kg/fish                                  850-750
     King salmon, frozen, farm, New Zealand
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 600-550
               6-11 lbs/fish                                600-550
     King salmon, frozen, farm, Canada                             
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 600-550
               6-11 lbs/fish                                600-550

ABALONE, live
     Japan     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                                               1,200- 400

SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed
     Alaska/        Over 7 lbs/fish                     1,330-1,300
     Canada         5-7 lbs/fish                        1,280-1,200
                    4-5 lbs/fish                        1,180-1,100
                    3-4 lbs/fish                        1,080-1,000
                    2-3 lbs/fish                        1,000-  900
                    1-2 lbs/fish                          930-  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)                            400-330
          M (600-400 grams/fish)                            400-330
          S (400-200 grams/fish)                            400-330

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                                         1,800-1,300
          China                                         1,200-  700
          Korea, North                                  1,400-1,000

SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh
          Japan         Large                             2,000-600
                        Medium                            1,000-300

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