AVERAGE EXVESSEL PRICES AND SALES VOLUME AT MAJOR LANDING PORTS IN JAPAN
JULY 2005
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                              July                       January - July   
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                     Metric Tons   Yen/kg           Metric Tons   Yen/kg
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Fresh:                                       
 Bluefin tuna              1,701      946                 3,674    1,338
 Albacore tuna             1,187      349                13,664      321
 Bigeye tuna                 171      508                 4,065      814 
 Yellowfin tuna              782      509                 5,965      564
 Striped marlin              244      343                   726      622 
 Swordfish                   164      894                 2,707      878 
 Skipjack tuna            18,267      147                47,116      212
 Japanese sardine          1,076      244                 5,248      244 
 Round herring             2,128      101                 7,812       93
 Anchovy                   5,812       31               101,841       23
 Jack mackerel             7,268      259                81,950      160 
 Mackerel-scad               533      148                 7,912      120 
 Pacific mackerel         23,049       51               227,836       51
 Saury                     1,155      759                 1,433      622
 Cod                         629      192                22,559      185
 Pollock                     857      159                58,086       90
 Atka mackerel             1,694      133                52,021       53
 Japanese flying squid     3,355      227                10,621      276
 Flying squid                  -        -                     0       87  
 Yellowtail                  635      449                 5,269      546  
 Flatfish                    570      332                 6,734      375 
 Sea bream                   511      800                 4,110      747
 Tanner crab                   1      525                   288      424
 Octopus                     430      524                 4,031      348
 
Frozen:                                                                 
 Bluefin tuna                 37    2,557                   571    2,187
 Albacore tuna             4,267      352                 6,562      329 
 Bigeye tuna               1,538      638                12,582      579
 Yellowfin tuna            3,061      221                16,302      238
 Striped marlin                0       30                     2      341 
 Swordfish                     -        -                     -        - 
 Skipjack tuna            25,553       97               135,100      108
 Pollock                       -        -                 4,070      132 
 Japanese flying                                                        
  squid:                                                                
  Distant water            1,617      213                 4,865      217 
  Coastal                  5,285      242                 9,343      261 
 Flying squid              2,563      159                24,820      124
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0 ... more than zero but less than 0.5 metic ton
- ... zero
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/10/13


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