AVERAGE EXVESSEL PRICES AND SALES VOLUME AT MAJOR LANDING PORTS IN JAPAN
JULY 2006

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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              1,086    1,320                 2,128    1,851
 Albacore tuna             2,724      303                21,423      336
 Bigeye tuna               1,353      474                 7,388      646
 Yellowfin tuna            1,313      527                 5,970      613
 Striped marlin              283      286                   638      560
 Swordfish                   243      874                 2,890      866
 Skipjack tuna            26,015      111                45,535      238
 Japanese sardine         16,265       91                25,482       99
 Round herring               972       79                 6,616       84
 Anchovy                   6,402       44                98,025       32
 Jack mackerel             7,554      306                67,569      190
 Mackerel-scad               622      109                11,663       90
 Pacific mackerel         24,952       52               188,246       58
 Saury                     1,424      566                 1,612      507
 Cod                         656      250                21,947      240
 Pollock                   1,201      145                53,532       99
 Atka mackerel             1,402      111                37,154       53
 Japanese flying squid     3,276      231                10,777      239
 Flying squid                  -        -                     0       59
 Yellowtail                  884      498                11,217      426
 Flatfish                    647      331                 7,591      380
 Sea bream                   360      954                 3,636      830
 Tanner crab                   -        -                   367      310
 Octopus                     645      525                 3,565      458
 
Frozen:                                                                 
 Bluefin tuna                 76    2,665                   572    1,832
 Albacore tuna             5,718      307                 6,809      311
 Bigeye tuna               2,225      804                11,219      711
 Yellowfin tuna            2,888      435                15,146      319
 Striped marlin                0       32                     3      535
 Swordfish                     -        -                     0      656
 Skipjack tuna            18,383      124               135,615      129
 Pollock                       -        -                 6,878      129
 Japanese flying                                                        
  squid:                                                                
  Distant water              226      319                 3,997      193
  Coastal                  6,971      205                 8,605      215
 Flying squid              4,717      128                34,238      145
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0 ... more than zero but less than 0.5 metic ton
- ... zero

Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/10/2013


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