AVERAGE EXVESSEL PRICES AND SALES VOLUME AT MAJOR LANDING PORTS IN JAPAN
December 2006
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                             December                  January - December
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                     Metric Tons   Yen/kg           Metric Tons   Yen/kg
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Fresh:                                       
 Bluefin tuna                  5    2,907                 2,892    1,698
 Albacore tuna             2,582      368                26,820      348
 Bigeye tuna               1,369    1,267                14,776      873
 Yellowfin tuna              239      845                 8,626      636
 Striped marlin               93    1,085                 1,654      506
 Swordfish                   734      727                 5,899      785
 Skipjack tuna               426      151                78,964      234
 Japanese sardine            994      109                39,171      115
 Round herring             2,137       44                17,778       64
 Anchovy                  12,536       28               133,205       32
 Jack mackerel             8,212      131               109,117      179
 Mackerel-scad             1,486       94                17,603       94
 Pacific mackerel         72,079       64               536,144       62
 Saury                       109       33               208,463       69
 Cod                       4,524      362                35,550      272
 Pollock                   7,813      127               100,395       89
 Atka mackerel            13,059       40                79,336       53
 Japanese flying squid     5,308      240                41,248      240
 Flying squid                  0      116                    14      125
 Yellowtail                4,945      343                28,822      341
 Flatfish                  1,258      467                12,569      411
 Sea bream                   528    1,052                 5,879      881
 Tanner crab                  68      610                   466      427
 Octopus                     679      489                 6,578      448
 
Frozen:                                                                 
 Bluefin tuna                218    3,020                 1,423    2,172
 Albacore tuna               202      272                 9,591      326
 Bigeye tuna               1,814      722                20,767      728
 Yellowfin tuna            4,276      226                32,180      305
 Striped marlin                1      249                    13      333
 Swordfish                     0      580                     0      615
 Skipjack tuna            19,811      120               220,431      131
 Pollock                     335      159                 7,610      130
 Japanese flying                                                        
  squid:                                                                
  Distant water              223      199                 6,332      201
  Coastal                  8,067      266                53,021      252
 Flying squid              2,810      128                49,237      130
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0 ... more than zero but less than 0.5 metic ton
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Contact: Sunee C. Sonu

12/10/2013


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