AVERAGE EXVESSEL PRICES AND SALES VOLUME AT MAJOR LANDING PORTS IN JAPAN
SEPTEMBER 2005

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                            September                January - September

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                     Metric Tons   Yen/kg           Metric Tons   Yen/kg

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Fresh:

 Bluefin tuna                 80    2,158                 4,013    1,321

 Albacore tuna             1,558      368                15,886      330

 Bigeye tuna                 927    1,018                 5,489      864

 Yellowfin tuna              984      592                 7,911      572

 Striped marlin              186      521                 1,630      470

 Swordfish                   430      661                 3,471      839

 Skipjack tuna            19,616      117                81,271      182

 Japanese sardine          3,087      183                 9,213      231

 Round herring             2,022       54                10,795       85

 Anchovy                   1,703       37               109,436       24

 Jack mackerel            10,165      155                99,020      164

 Mackerel-scad               248      142                 8,454      121

 Pacific mackerel         53,714       45               309,444       50

 Saury                    59,022       81                91,058       93

 Cod                       2,104      175                25,585      184

 Pollock                  13,817       47                72,945       82

 Atka mackerel            11,164       39                66,509       52

 Japanese flying squid    11,674      177                37,587      197

 Flying squid                459      163                   482      164

 Yellowtail                1,176      311                 8,374      449

 Flatfish                    843      373                 8,236      374

 Sea bream                   521      797                 5,234      754

 Tanner crab                   -        -                   288      424

 Octopus                     541      348                 5,034      355

 

Frozen:                                                                

 Bluefin tuna                 52    2,451                   630    2,215

 Albacore tuna             2,465      410                12,968      373

 Bigeye tuna               1,541      715                15,613      598

 Yellowfin tuna            2,659      229                22,486      235

 Striped marlin                1       63                     4      179

 Swordfish                     -        -                     -        -

 Skipjack tuna            23,565      103               184,870      107

 Pollock                       -        -                 4,070      132

 Japanese flying                                                        

  squid:                                                               

  Distant water              610      224                 5,476      218

  Coastal                  6,091      232                25,970      245

 Flying squid              5,061       81                33,569      117

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0 ... more than zero but less than 0.5 metic ton

- ... zero

Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

02/27/2008


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