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

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                             January                 January - December 2005   
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                     Metric Tons   Yen/kg           Metric Tons   Yen/kg
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Fresh:                                       
 Bluefin tuna                 13    3,694                 4,050    1,324
 Albacore tuna             2,529      356                20,214      344
 Bigeye tuna                 386    1,236                 9,413      989
 Yellowfin tuna              148      858                 8,703      590
 Striped marlin               22    1,186                 1,924      544
 Swordfish                   637      785                 5,043      819
 Skipjack tuna               205      282                95,455      190
 Japanese sardine            232      267                 9,763      240
 Round herring               464       74                14,445       74
 Anchovy                   3,815       35               113,995       24
 Jack mackerel             9,706      124               126,464      156
 Mackerel-scad             3,250       96                12,072      112
 Pacific mackerel         51,667       54               515,878       53
 Saury                       165       33               198,556       64
 Cod                       5,506      297                34,373      232
 Pollock                   8,767      129                98,195       83
 Atka mackerel             8,562       37               111,056       45
 Japanese flying squid     2,301      227                69,579      213
 Flying squid                  0       91                   729      154
 Yellowtail                1,262      432                20,433      344
 Flatfish                    950      429                11,469      413
 Sea bream                   484      812                 6,983      776
 Tanner crab                   9      660                   376      481
 Octopus                     414      405                 6,631      371
 
Frozen:                                                                 
 Bluefin tuna                122    1,887                 1,371    2,077
 Albacore tuna                70      236                15,615      370
 Bigeye tuna               1,328      577                22,339      617
 Yellowfin tuna              982      194                30,584      232
 Striped marlin                -        -                     5      208
 Swordfish                     -        -                     -        -
 Skipjack tuna            14,494      123               246,460      106
 Pollock                   2,452      149                 4,070      132
 Japanese flying                                                        
  squid:                                                                
  Distant water                -        -                 5,476      218
  Coastal                  1,181      283                47,507      255
 Flying squid              9,431      161                38,852      115
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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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